KCE Champions LLC @ KIPP Explore
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1783796, issued February 8, 2024.
- Address
- 5402 Lawndale St, Houston, TX 77023
- Phone
- (832) 690-7243
- Licensed capacity
- 151 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Accredited, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since January 28, 2026. From the state's provider report of February 14, 2026.
Where this is
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What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 16 areas it checked 3,790 standards at KCE Champions LLC @ KIPP Explore between August 4, 2023 and August 26, 2026 and recorded 13 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 16 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 317 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 306 | 3 |
| Personnel | 3 | 500 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 126 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 189 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 40 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food service | 5 | 215 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 279 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 302 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 355 | 0 |
| Active play | 4 | 456 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 256 | 2 |
| Transportation | 4 | 176 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,771 of those standards. The remaining 19, including 7 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 12 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 26, 2026, and 13 citations.
- 3High
- 5Medium High
- 5Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium May 21, 2026 Correction verified August 26, 2026
744.909: Access to Personnel Records
The operation failed to provide staff training records and one child contact information to the CCI, as requested 3 times.
- High May 21, 2026 Correction verified August 26, 2026
744.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to report the incident to Child Care Regulation within the required timeframe.
- Medium May 21, 2026 Correction verified August 27, 2026
744.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
The operation failed to share a copy of the incident report with the child's parents within 48 hours.
- Medium High January 15, 2026 Correction verified January 27, 2026
744.3559(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The operation could not provide a record of monthly fire drills.
- High January 30, 2025 Correction verified March 18, 2025
744.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Based on the evidence obtained the operation did not maintain supervision while students used the restroom.
- Medium August 19, 2024 Correction verified August 21, 2024
744.401(6): Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
The required daily menu was not posted.
- Medium High January 9, 2024 Correction verified January 18, 2024
744.3559(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
The emergency practices shows that the last fire drill was conducted on 9/25/23.
- Medium January 9, 2024 Correction verified January 18, 2024
744.401(6): Posting Requirements - Daily Menu, Including All Snacks and Meals Prepared or Served
It was observed that the last menu posted in the operation is from 10/23.
- High October 24, 2023 Correction verified January 22, 2024
744.3501(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The fire inspection was not available to review during the inspection time.
- Medium High October 24, 2023 Correction verified February 7, 2024
744.2501(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
There was not sanitation report to review during the inspection time.
- Medium High September 12, 2023 Correction verified September 26, 2023
744.605(11): Required Admission Information-Physician Information
Three children did not have available to review the physician's information in file.
- Medium High September 12, 2023 Correction verified September 26, 2023
744.605(16): Required Admission Information-Food Allergy Emergency Plan
The children's food allergy plan was not available to review during the inspection.
- Medium September 12, 2023 Correction verified September 26, 2023
744.603(a)(3): Children's Records - Immunizations
The immunization records were not available to review during the inspection.
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About this record
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