Rucker Head Start
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1698103, issued December 14, 2020.
- Address
- 5201 Vinett Ave, Houston, TX 77017
- Phone
- (713) 845-7467
- Licensed capacity
- 97 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 08:00 AM-04:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 22 areas it checked 3,321 standards at Rucker Head Start between December 9, 2021 and November 10, 2025 and recorded 9 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 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 358 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 5 | 716 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 68 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 89 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 225 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 144 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 149 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 136 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 83 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,305 of those standards. The remaining 16, 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 14 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 10, 2025, and 9 citations.
- 3High
- 3Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 9. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High November 12, 2024 Correction verified December 18, 2024
746.1301(a)(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
It was found that 4 employees did not have valid CPR/first aid.
- High November 12, 2024 Correction verified November 13, 2024
745.635(2): AP Background check determination - If ineligible then you must immediately remove subject from operation and confirm to CBCU receipt of notice letter
A caregiver was present at the operation with an ineligible background check.
- Medium August 16, 2024 Correction verified October 25, 2024
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
An incident report was not on record or provided for review during the investigation.
- High August 16, 2024 Correction verified October 25, 2024
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
An incident in which a child was placed at risk was not reported to Childcare Licensing as required.
- Medium August 16, 2024 Correction verified October 25, 2024
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
Based on the information found during the investigation, there was sufficient evidence that an incident report was not shared with the parent.
- Medium High December 5, 2023 Correction verified December 6, 2023
746.303(a)(4): Report Change in Director
The director on record with licensing is no longer the director for the operation. The director on record ceased being the director in August 2023. There is a new director for the operation that licensing was not notified about. The new director took over director responsibilites in August 2023.
- Medium High December 9, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.3701(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
In Room 32 there were electrical outlets accessible to the children that were not covered. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.
- Medium Low February 25, 2022 Correction verified February 25, 2022
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required.
- High December 13, 2021 Correction verified January 3, 2022
745.621(b)(1)(A): AP Renewal background checks submitted -No later than 5 yrs from date last submitted subjects initial or renewal fingerprint-based criminal hist check
One caregiver does not have renewed background check. Became inactive 8.23.2021
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 8, 2026. Full methodology.
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