The Yellow School
11612 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77024
Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School · Monday–Friday
6 critical, 12 serious findings across 27 visits in the last 36 months. Most recent critical finding: Jan 15, 2025.
21 inspections · 6 investigations in 36 months · source checked Sep 14, 2026
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State facts · provider details pendingSubsidies not accepted in state listing
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- AccreditedListed
- Accepts child care subsidiesNot accepted
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Licensed capacity: 85 children. This is not the number of open places.
Programs & learning
Toddler,Pre-Kindergarten,School
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08:45 AM-04:00 PM
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
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- Accepts child care subsidiesNot accepted
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6 critical, 12 serious findings across 27 visits in the last 36 months. Most recent critical finding: Jan 15, 2025.
Last 36 months · window starts Sep 15, 2023
6 standard(s) appear on multiple visits: 746.4605(b)(2) (3 visits); 746.3701(5) (3 visits); 746.1205(a)(5) (3 visits); 746.1205(a)(2) (3 visits); 746.901 (3 visits); 746.1301(a)(5)(A) (3 visits). This is a match of standard identifiers, not a judgment about identical circumstances.
State verification published Nov 26, 2025.
Conditions between visits, current staffing, and day-to-day quality. A correction plan is not verification.
33 visits in our data; 0 unmatched findings. Publication and processing can lag events.
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Equipment Prohibited for Younger Than 4 Yrs- Horizontal Ladders
A 3-year-old child sustained an injury on the playground as a result of playing on horizontal ladders.
State verification published Nov 26, 2025.
Inspection record
Visits available in our Texas data, newest first. Visits with findings are shown in full; runs of clean visits are folded into one line. Findings are quoted from the inspector's report with the Texas risk level beside our severity.
Inspection history is one input into your decision, not a guarantee of safety or a rating of care quality. How to read this record.
- 2025
- Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 14, 20253 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Oct 14, 2025 inspection
- Oct 14, 2025 inspection
- Oct 14, 2025 inspection
- Oct 4, 2025Self-reported incident1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Equipment Prohibited for Younger Than 4 Yrs- Horizontal Ladders
A 3-year-old child sustained an injury on the playground as a result of playing on horizontal ladders.
Correction verified Nov 26, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.4605(b)(2).
- Oct 4, 2025Self-reported incident1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Equipment Prohibited for Younger Than 4 Yrs- Horizontal Ladders
A 3-year-old child sustained an injury on the playground as a result of playing on horizontal ladders.
Correction verified Nov 26, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.4605(b)(2).
- Oct 4, 2025Self-reported incident1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Equipment Prohibited for Younger Than 4 Yrs- Horizontal Ladders
A 3-year-old child sustained an injury on the playground as a result of playing on horizontal ladders.
Correction verified Nov 26, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.4605(b)(2).
- Sep 26, 2025Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe
Observed a wooden playground structure with sharp nails protruding from the wood, posing a potential safety hazard.
Correction verified Sep 30, 2025. Standard 746.3701(5).
- Sep 26, 2025Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe
Observed a wooden playground structure with sharp nails protruding from the wood, posing a potential safety hazard.
Correction verified Sep 30, 2025. Standard 746.3701(5).
- Sep 26, 2025Inspection1 finding · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Safety - Play Materials and Equipment Safe
Observed a wooden playground structure with sharp nails protruding from the wood, posing a potential safety hazard.
Correction verified Sep 30, 2025. Standard 746.3701(5).
- Jan 23, 2025 to Mar 3, 20256 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Mar 3, 2025 inspection
- Mar 3, 2025 inspection
- Mar 3, 2025 inspection
- Jan 23, 2025 inspection
- Jan 23, 2025 inspection
- Jan 23, 2025 inspection
- Jan 15, 2025Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
Based on the information obtained, there was sufficient evidence to show caregivers did not intervene in a timely manner to ensure a child's safety when the child broke their leg while riding on a tricycle.
Correction verified Mar 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.1205(a)(5).
- Jan 15, 2025Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
Based on the information obtained, there was sufficient evidence to show caregivers did not intervene in a timely manner to ensure a child's safety when the child broke their leg while riding on a tricycle.
Correction verified Mar 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.1205(a)(5).
- Jan 15, 2025Complaint investigation1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
Based on the information obtained, there was sufficient evidence to show caregivers did not intervene in a timely manner to ensure a child's safety when the child broke their leg while riding on a tricycle.
Correction verified Mar 3, 2025. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.1205(a)(5).
- 2024
- Oct 15, 2024 to Oct 15, 20243 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Oct 15, 2024 inspection
- Oct 15, 2024 inspection
- Oct 15, 2024 inspection
- Oct 1, 2024Inspection1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Caregivers stated there were 16 children present in their classroom when there were only 15 children accounted for in the room.
Correction verified Oct 15, 2024. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.1205(a)(2).
- Oct 1, 2024Inspection1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Caregivers stated there were 16 children present in their classroom when there were only 15 children accounted for in the room.
Correction verified Oct 15, 2024. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.1205(a)(2).
- Oct 1, 2024Inspection1 finding · critical
- CriticalTexas: High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
Caregivers stated there were 16 children present in their classroom when there were only 15 children accounted for in the room.
Correction verified Oct 15, 2024. Technical assistance given. Standard 746.1205(a)(2).
- 2023
- Oct 2, 2023Inspection2 findings · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
Required Personnel Records
2 out of 10 staff files evaluated did not contain complete personnel record information. 2 are missing proof of education. 1 is missing documentation of completing orientation and signature of receipt of the operational policies.
Correction verified Oct 16, 2023. Standard 746.901.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
1 out of 10 staff files evaluated did not contain the complete 24 hours of annual training. An additional 9 hours is needed.
Correction verified Oct 16, 2023. Standard 746.1301(a)(5)(A).
- Oct 2, 2023Inspection2 findings · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
Required Personnel Records
2 out of 10 staff files evaluated did not contain complete personnel record information. 2 are missing proof of education. 1 is missing documentation of completing orientation and signature of receipt of the operational policies.
Correction verified Oct 16, 2023. Standard 746.901.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
1 out of 10 staff files evaluated did not contain the complete 24 hours of annual training. An additional 9 hours is needed.
Correction verified Oct 16, 2023. Standard 746.1301(a)(5)(A).
- Oct 2, 2023Inspection2 findings · serious
- SeriousTexas: Medium
Required Personnel Records
2 out of 10 staff files evaluated did not contain complete personnel record information. 2 are missing proof of education. 1 is missing documentation of completing orientation and signature of receipt of the operational policies.
Correction verified Oct 16, 2023. Standard 746.901.
- SeriousTexas: Medium High
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
1 out of 10 staff files evaluated did not contain the complete 24 hours of annual training. An additional 9 hours is needed.
Correction verified Oct 16, 2023. Standard 746.1301(a)(5)(A).
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- 2022
- Oct 20, 2022 to Oct 20, 20223 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Oct 20, 2022 inspection
- Oct 20, 2022 inspection
- Oct 20, 2022 inspection
- 2021
- Nov 5, 2021 to Nov 5, 20213 inspectionsNo findingsShow
- Nov 5, 2021 inspection
- Nov 5, 2021 inspection
- Nov 5, 2021 inspection
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Facts from the license
- Permit
- Full Permit, issued Sep 1, 1992
- Capacity
- 85 children (licensed maximum, not openings)
- Ages
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 08:45 AM-04:00 PM · Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
- Subsidies
- Not accepted
- County
- Harris
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Contact & location
11612 Memorial Dr, Houston, TX 77024
State-sourced · checked Sep 14, 2026. Confirm current details with the provider.
State records and provider information have separate sources. Provider claims do not establish independently verified care quality. Missing data is not evidence of an issue-free record.