The Depot
Licensed Center in Conroe, Texas. License #862694, issued January 26, 2007.
- Address
- 3993 I 45 N, Conroe, TX 77304
- Phone
- (936) 756-3450
- Licensed capacity
- 230 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- depotchildcare.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
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 3,842 standards at The Depot between September 16, 2022 and September 14, 2026 and recorded 33 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 | 2 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 467 | 5 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 2 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 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 | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,758 of those standards. The remaining 84, including 22 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.
What The Depot says about itself
Depot Childcare offers a safe, nurturing, and enriching environment where children learn, grow, and thrive every day.
Quoted from depotchildcare.org, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
Ask about an opening
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Tell me about new inspections
One short message each time Texas HHSC records an inspection here, saying that it happened and linking to the record. We do not tell you what the inspector found: a finding without whether it was corrected is misleading, and that pair belongs on the page rather than split across an email.
We ask for nothing but the address, and we send a confirmation first. Your list is never shown to this program, never sold, and every message has a link to stop. An inspection is routine: programs are visited on a schedule and after a complaint, and a visit is not a finding.
State inspection record
HHSC records 33 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 14, 2026, and 33 citations.
3 of those visits began with The Depot reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 8High
- 18Medium High
- 7Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 33. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High September 14, 2026 Correction verified October 5, 2026
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
One caregiver is not current in pediatric first aid training. The training expired August, 2026.
- Medium High September 14, 2026 Correction verified October 5, 2026
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
One caregiver is not current in pediatric CPR training. The training expired August, 2026.
- Medium High January 28, 2026 Correction verified February 18, 2026
746.1315(b)(1): CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
18 of 25 staff members had CPR that was completed online and did not include a hands-on skills based portion.
- Medium High January 5, 2026 Correction verified February 24, 2026
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
A caregiver mopped a floor that was accessible to children in care afterwards.
- High August 21, 2025 Correction verified September 11, 2025
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
It was found that a caregiver did not use good judgment when the caregiver improperly lifted/pulled a child's arm.
- High August 15, 2025 Correction verified September 11, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a parent(s) was not notified immediately when their child was found alone unsupervised inside the operation. The incident occurred on 8/14/25 in the morning and the parent(s) was not notified until 8/15/25 after 9 pm.
- Medium August 15, 2025 Correction verified September 11, 2025
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
An incident report for an incident where a child was alone unsupervised for approximately 15 minutes was not completed and shared with the parent(s) and signed in the required time frame of the incident occurring as the incident occurred on 8/14/25 and the report was signed by the operation and parent on 8/18/25.
- Medium High August 15, 2025 Correction verified September 11, 2025
746.1301(a)(2)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pre-Service Training
A caregiver had only completed 9 hours of pre-service training and was short 15 hours of 24 hours at their 90-days of employment. Their hire date was 5/12/25 and the 24 hours of pre-service was not completed by 8/10/25.
- High August 15, 2025 Correction verified September 11, 2025
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
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a child was alone unsupervised for approximately 15 minutes when they were able to get into the classroom from outside and then exit the classroom into the hallway and enter the laundry room which was not locked before being found by a staff member.
- Medium High June 5, 2025 Correction verified June 13, 2025
746.1315(a): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.
One caregiver had first aid/cpr that expired 1/16/25.
- High May 30, 2025 Correction verified June 26, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The last annual fire inspection was conducted 1/10/24 which is over 12 months ago.
- Medium October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 7, 2024
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
An incident report was not completed as required for a non-routine situation that occurred in care that placed a child at risk.
- Medium High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 8, 2024
746.1301(a)(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
A caregiver involved in the incident being investigated was missing 13 hours of the required 24 hours of annual training.
- High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 15, 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
Supervision was not maintained as required when a child in care was left alone unsupervised for approximately twenty-three minutes during a transition from the classroom to the bathroom and playground.
- High October 3, 2024 Correction verified October 15, 2024
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
During the investigation inspection in the younger infant classroom, a caregiver told me there were 7 children present, but there were 9 children present. Information gathered in the investigation substantiated two caregivers of a child left alone unsupervised did not know which children they were responsible for as the counts were off and it was not noticed the child was missing and not on the playground when the class was playing outside.
- Medium High September 19, 2024 Correction verified October 2, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The last documented health inspection was conducted 9/10/23.
- Medium High August 12, 2024 Correction verified September 18, 2024
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
The mulch under the play structure, under the swings, and on the small structures between those two sections of the playground was not at the proper required depth which was evident even without measuring. Under one of the slides on the larger play structure, the black tarp underneath was coming up. Note: Photos were taken.
- Medium High August 12, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.3805(b)(3): Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date
There was medication for a child that expired 2/24. There was also an expired burn spray with the first aid supplies. Note: This was corrected during the inspection when the expired medication and burn spray was removed and disposed of.
- Medium August 12, 2024 Correction verified August 19, 2024
746.501(a)(18)(F): Written Operational Policies - Criteria for Extreme Weather
The operational policies did not include the criteria used to determine when extreme weather conditions pose a significant health risk that prohibits or limits outdoor play.
- High March 7, 2024 Correction verified April 9, 2024
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a caregiver did not use good judgement by not asking for assistance when they were struggling with a child who did not want to lay down and sleep at nap time. Information gathered supported the caregiver knew they should have called for assistance but did not nor did they ask their co-teacher for help.
- High March 7, 2024 Correction verified April 9, 2024
746.2805(3): Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a caregiver grabbed and pulled a child when stopping them from running and while trying to get them to go to their nap mat and to lay down.
- Medium March 7, 2024 Correction verified April 9, 2024
746.2905(1): Children Not Required to Sleep - May Not Force Child to Sleep
Information gathered in the investigation substantiated that a caregiver inappropriately tried to get and keep a child to stay on their nap mat and sleep by wrapping them in their blanket as well as trying to keep them in place on the mat.
- Medium High August 18, 2023 Correction verified August 18, 2023
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
During nap time in the older infant classroom that had a specified age group of 12-17 months old, there were 12 infants with one caregiver.
- Medium High August 18, 2023 Correction verified August 22, 2023
746.5205(1): Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
A monthly fire drill was not conducted in June 2023.
- Medium High August 18, 2023 Correction verified August 18, 2023
746.2419(1): Requirements for Feeding Infants-Hold through 6-months
An infant under 6 months old was not being held while having a bottle.
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