St Ambrose Early Childhood Center
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #830139, issued December 12, 2003.
- Address
- 4213 Mangum Rd, Houston, TX 77092
- Phone
- (713) 688-3404
- Licensed capacity
- 44 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: Skill Classes, Part Time Care.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
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 3,134 standards at St Ambrose Early Childhood Center between August 16, 2022 and July 13, 2026 and recorded 6 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 | 357 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 1 |
| 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 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 1 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,127 of those standards. The remaining 7, including 3 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 6 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 13, 2026, and 6 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium July 14, 2025 Correction verified July 18, 2025
746.4803: Measurement of Use Zone for Stationary Equipment
The use zone for the stationary equipment with a slide is not six feet away from the shade pole cover.
- Medium High July 25, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.3420(1): Hand Sanitizer - Only for Children 24 Months and Older
During the inspection a caregiver stated they washed infants hands with sanitizer after diaper changing. Reviewed infant hand washing with director and infant caregivers.
- Medium July 25, 2024 Correction verified July 30, 2024
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
The operation did not have current feeding instructions for an infant not yet eating table food.
- Medium High July 26, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.2419(8): Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink
During the walkthrough of the infant class I observed a handwashing sink with bibs, feeding spoons and a thermometer. This was corrected when the caregiver removed all of the items from the sink.
- Medium August 16, 2022 Correction verified August 26, 2022
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
During review of the operational policies the centers policies did not include all required topics. Missing Topics 1. Promotion of indoor and outdoor activity.
- High August 16, 2022 Correction verified August 31, 2022
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
During the inspection the operation was found to not have a current fire inspection.
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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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