The Crayon Academy
Licensed Center in Missouri City, Texas. License #815391, issued May 7, 2002.
- Address
- 2861 Dulles Ave, Missouri City, TX 77459
- Phone
- (281) 261-4000
- Licensed capacity
- 156 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 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, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-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 5, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 30, 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 3,909 standards at The Crayon Academy between December 6, 2021 and May 14, 2026 and recorded 16 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 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 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 | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| 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 | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 2 |
The table adds up to 3,877 of those standards. The remaining 32, including 10 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 15 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 14, 2026, and 16 citations.
- 5High
- 9Medium High
- 1Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 16. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 28, 2025 Correction verified June 6, 2025
746.5603(c): Types of Vehicles Used to Transport Children - Be Maintained Safely
Seat belt buckle was observed to be broken.
- Medium High May 28, 2025 Correction verified June 6, 2025
746.5607(b): Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
1 car seats used for transporting children were expired.
- Medium High May 28, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.5207(a): Emergency Evacuation and Relocation Diagram
Evacuation and Relocation diagram was observed to not be posted in two classrooms. Corrected at Inspection: Evacuation and relocations diagrams were observed to be posted in both classrooms.
- Medium High May 28, 2025 Correction verified June 6, 2025
746.605(6): Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact
Two children records evaluated did not an address for the emergency contact. Corrected at Inspection: the operation was able to call the parents for the emergency address for the emergency contact.
- Medium High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 10, 2024
746.605(15): Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
One child with a diagnosed food allergy did not have a food allergy emergency plan on file at the operation.
- Medium High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 3, 2024
746.5607(b): Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident
2 booster seats used for transporting children were expired.
- Medium Low October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 10, 2024
746.901(5): Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit (Form 2912)
5 out of 5 caregiver's files checked did not have the required pre-employment affidavit.
- High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 18, 2024
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
2 out of 3 vehicles used for transporting children did not have an electronic child safety alarm installed.
- Medium High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 8, 2024
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
2 infants weren't buckled into high chairs and one was not buckled into a bouncer.
- Medium High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 10, 2024
746.1315(b)(1): CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
4 out of 5 caregiver files reviewed had online CPR that did not meet minimum standards and include a hands-on portion with the mannequin.
- Medium October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 3, 2024
746.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
1 child did not have an immunization record on file at the operation.
- High July 5, 2024 Correction verified July 18, 2024
746.1205(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
During the walkthrough I observed 10 children in care unsupervised. The caregiver was in the front office when I arrived. The second caregiver was in the kitchen.
- High July 5, 2024 Correction verified July 18, 2024
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
During the inspection I observed, two caregivers alone in direct care of a children without an active background check on file.
- High July 3, 2024 Correction verified August 5, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver did not exhibit good judgment when separating two children who were fighting over toys and putting one of them into a dark closet to speak to them and calm them down. The caregiver also did not exhibit good judgment when sitting the toddler aged child on a stack of cots in the closet as the child could have gotten injured by falling off or trying to get down. The caregiver did not think to call for assistance.
- High July 3, 2024 Correction verified August 5, 2024
746.2805(7): Prohibited Punishments - Placing Child in Locked or Dark Room
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a child was placed in a dark closet by a caregiver after separating the child from another child to speak to them and calm them down.
- Medium High November 2, 2023 Corrected at inspection
746.2911: Adequate Lighting During Naptime
The Toddler room was too dark to count the children during naptime. NOTE: The deficiency was corrected with additional lighting turned on from a closet space.
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