Shepherd?s Little Hearts Academy
Licensed Center in Pearland, Texas. License #1544827, issued February 13, 2015.
- Address
- 12005 County Road 59, Pearland, TX 77584
- Phone
- (713) 436-0044
- Licensed capacity
- 137 children
- Licensed for
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 09:00 AM-04:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Part Time Care.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
No Texas Rising Star rating
Texas Rising Star is voluntary, and a program joins it by applying. It is tied to accepting child care scholarships, so most programs that are not in it never applied rather than failed. Roughly three in five licensed programs in Texas have no rating.
This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
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 3,110 standards at Shepherd?s Little Hearts Academy between October 18, 2022 and August 12, 2026 and recorded 12 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 | 2 | 242 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 223 | 3 |
| Personnel | 2 | 312 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Naptime | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 222 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 1 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 2 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,101 of those standards. The remaining 9, including 4 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 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 12, 2026, and 12 citations.
- 9Medium High
- 1Medium
- 1Medium Low
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 12. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High September 23, 2025 Correction verified December 23, 2025
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Six children's files reviewed out of ten had a parent listed as their emergency contact instead of an alternate adult. Two children's files out of ten reviewed were missing an emergency contact.
- Medium High November 14, 2024 Correction verified December 23, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation's annual sanitation inspection is not current. The last inspection was conducted on 9/12/2023. The inspection documentation was requested but not provided.
- Medium High November 14, 2024 Correction verified November 21, 2024
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
One out of ten children do not have immunization records on file for review. The immunization records were requested but not submitted.
- Medium High October 1, 2024 Correction verified November 13, 2024
746.1107(2): Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion
five out of ten employees or volunteers are missing education credentials on file for review.
- Medium High October 1, 2024 Correction verified November 14, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation's annual sanitation inspection is not current. The last inspection was conducted on 9/12/2023.
- Medium Low October 1, 2024 Correction verified October 11, 2024
746.901(4): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2985)
Four out of ten employees and volunteers do not have a notarized affidavit on file for review.
- Medium October 1, 2024 Correction verified October 11, 2024
746.4505: Storage for Individual Belongings
In room 204, the hooks designated for the children' s belongings were not labeled.
- Medium High October 1, 2024 Correction verified October 11, 2024
746.5202(1): Emergency Preparedness Plan - Evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down procedures
The operation's emergency preparedness plan does not state how children 24 months or with limited mobility will evacuate during an emergency.
- Medium High October 1, 2024 Correction verified October 11, 2024
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
There is documentation showing the operation's previous fire drills exceeded three minutes to evacuate the building.
- Medium High October 1, 2024 Correction verified November 14, 2024
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Three out of ten children do not have immunization records on file for review.
- Low October 11, 2023 Correction verified October 17, 2023
746.1045: Education Outside of U.S.
One caregiver had education credentials that were not translated to English.
- Medium High October 18, 2022 Correction verified October 18, 2022
746.1107(2): Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion
Four out of ten employee files evaluated are missing a high school diploma or the equivalent.
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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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