Smart Center
Licensed Center in Alvin, Texas. License #1678176, issued January 28, 2019.
- Address
- 4527 County Road 158, Alvin, TX 77511
- Phone
- (281) 824-4224
- Licensed capacity
- 114 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- smarcenteralvin.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Skill Classes, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since November 24, 2025. From the state's provider report of January 3, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
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 4,473 standards at Smart Center between January 11, 2022 and November 14, 2025 and recorded 8 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 | 364 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 440 | 0 |
| Personnel | 4 | 596 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 4 | 140 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,450 of those standards. The remaining 23, 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 17 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on November 14, 2025, and 8 citations.
- 4High
- 1Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High January 28, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.5605(4): AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support that an eight-year-old child was left in a vehicle unattended.
- High January 28, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. There is sufficient evidence to support the allegation of neglectful supervision. A caregiver did not check the van after transporting, which resulted in an eight-year-old child being left in a vehicle unattended for approximately 13 minutes.
- High January 28, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
During the DFPS Investigation, it was found a child was left unsupervised on the van. The caregiver at the time did not do a face to name check when all the children left the bus.
- High January 28, 2025 Correction verified March 13, 2025
746.5605(3): Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - Account for All Children
Based on the evidence obtained during the DFPS investigation, there is sufficient evidence to support that the driver failed to account for all children before leaving the vehicle unattended.
- Medium Low January 21, 2025 Correction verified January 24, 2025
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 Survey data from January 17, 2025, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.
- Medium December 11, 2024 Correction verified December 11, 2024
746.3809: Medication No Longer Used
A child medication expired November 2024.
- Medium June 3, 2022 Correction verified July 28, 2022
746.307(c): Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
Based on interviews conducted during the investigation, the parent were not notified at the time of pick of the incident.
- Medium High January 11, 2022 Correction verified January 12, 2022
746.3805(b)(1): Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date
I observed that several bottles of medication , albuterol(3), cream, motrin, and dexmethyphenidate, not labeled with the date it was brought into the operation. Photos were taken.
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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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