Zahiya Academy
Licensed Center in Houston, Texas. License #1821065, issued December 8, 2025.
- Address
- 8830 Galveston Rd, Houston, TX 77034
- Phone
- (832) 400-4518
- Licensed capacity
- 54 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-03:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age 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 1,968 standards at Zahiya Academy between October 23, 2025 and October 19, 2026 and recorded 30 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 | 1 | 124 | 14 |
| Record keeping | 1 | 109 | 0 |
| Personnel | 1 | 154 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 1 | 54 | 0 |
| Activities | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Infants | 1 | 90 | 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 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 2 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 156 | 2 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 3 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 60 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 134 | 3 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 1,961 of those standards. The remaining 7, including 6 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.
Changes we have recorded
Texas HHSC publishes the register as it stands today and overwrites it, so nothing in the state's own data shows that a figure used to be different. We compare the register against the previous day's copy and keep what moved. We have been doing that since October 24, 2026.
- October 30, 2026Administrator recorded as “Laila Bennani”
Each date is the day we first saw the new value, not the day the program changed anything or the day the state recorded it. A change made in February can appear in the register in May. We do not know which, so we do not say.
Ask about an opening
This goes to Zahiya Academy and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
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 8 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 19, 2026, and 30 citations.
- 2High
- 12Medium High
- 12Medium
- 3Medium Low
- 1Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 30. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High October 19, 2026 Correction verified October 27, 2026
746.201(4): Designating Director
The operation does not have a listed director as of 7/14/2026.
- Medium High September 1, 2026 Correction verified October 19, 2026
746.201(4): Designating Director
The operation does not have a listed director as of 7/14/2026.
- Medium High August 21, 2026 Correction verified September 23, 2026
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
The operations playground fence was observed with a broken panel. Note: Photos were taken.
- Medium High March 6, 2026 Correction verified March 24, 2026
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
The operations playground fence was observed with broken panels. Note: Photos were taken.
- Medium March 6, 2026 Correction verified April 8, 2026
746.4501(b): Chairs - Safety Straps Used if Required by Manufacturer
A two year old student was observed seated in a high chair without the required safety straps. Note: This was corrected when the straps were fastened.
- Medium High March 6, 2026 Correction verified March 24, 2026
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
A dishwasher was observed on the playground.
- Medium Low January 20, 2026 Correction verified January 21, 2026
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 Survey data, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.
- High November 21, 2025 Correction verified December 4, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have the required fire inspection.
- Medium High November 21, 2025 Correction verified December 5, 2025
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have the required sanitation inspection.
- Medium Low October 23, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.401(9): Posting Requirements - List entitled "Current Employees"--sized at least 81/2 X 11 inches, printed legibly, include employee first and last name
The operation did not have the list of current employees posted. Note: This was corrected during the inspection.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.501(a)(6): Written Operational Policies - Parental Notifications
The operational policy did not contain the parental notification section.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
The operational policy did not contain the promotion of physical activity.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.501(a)(26): Written Operational Policies - Preventing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect
The operational policy did not contain the preventing and responding to abuse and neglect section.
- High October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The operation did not have the required fire inspection.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 10, 2025
746.501(a)(21): Written Operational Policies - Procedure for Parent Review of Policies
The operational policy did not contain the procedures for the parent review of policies.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.501(a)(28): Written Operational Policies - Vaccine Preventable Diseases
The operational policy did not contain the vaccine preventable diseases section.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.501(a)(23): Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website
The operational policy did not contain the procedures for parents to access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline and the HHSC website.
- Medium High October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.5202(2): Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures
The emergency preparedness plan did not contain the emergency telephone number.
- Medium High October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 7, 2025
746.4305: Fenced Outdoor Activity Space
The playground fence was observed with missing wooden panels and broken panels. Note: A photo was taken.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.501(a)(30): Written Operational Policies - Support inclusive services
The operational policy did not contain a supporting inclusive services section.
- Medium Low October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.501(a)(22): Written Operational Policies - Procedures for Parent Participation
The operational policy did not contain the procedures for parent participation.
- Medium High October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
Animal excrement was observed on the playground.
- Medium High October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 3, 2025
746.501(a)(8): Written Operational Policies - Suspension and Expulsion
The operational policy did not contain the suspension and expulsion section.
- Medium High October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation did not have the required sanitation inspection.
- Medium October 23, 2025 Correction verified November 21, 2025
746.501(a)(5): Written Operational Policies - Emergencies
The operational policy did not contain a emergency section.
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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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