# Patterson Head Start Center

Patterson Head Start Center is a licensed child care program (child care center) in Houston, TX serving ages Pre-Kindergarten, School, with 145 licensed seats. It is regulated by TX HHSC.

## Key facts
- Status: Full Permit · Operating
- Address: 5302 Allendale Rd, Houston, TX 77017

- Ages: Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Capacity: 145
- License/permit: 1362610- 4491
- Operator: not published
- Phone: (713) 943-5750
- Website: www.gccsa.org
- Hours: 07:30 AM-02:50 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri)
- Accepts child care subsidies: no
- Official regulator profile: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/OperationDetails?operationId=925855

## Inspection record
5 findings across 13 Texas HHSC inspections (2022-02-25 to 2026-01-12); 3 rated serious; 0 open at last record.
- 2025-01-16 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Corrected at inspection: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation: An employee did not have required background check and was allowed to care for children. The employee's background check was inactive at the time of the inspection. This was corrected when the caregiver left the operation. (§745.641; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-745-641))
- 2024-10-24 — Health records & medication, Medium risk, Correction verified 2025-01-08: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: It was found that a copy of the incident report was not shared with the parent or signed. (§746.707; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-707))
- 2023-03-31 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2023-05-01: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation: It was found that the counselor who briefly supervised a head start child did not have backgrounds on file with head start program. (§745.641; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-745-641))
- 2023-03-27 — Supervision & ratios, High risk, Correction verified 2023-04-05: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation: One caregiver present and counted in ratio did not have a background check.     Note: The caregiver left the operation and another caregiver was placed in the classroom for ratio. (§745.641; [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-745-641))
- 2022-02-25 — Staff qualifications & clearances, Medium-low risk, Correction verified 2022-03-25: Report Number of Employees: A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required. (§746.303(b); [type](https://www.kinfield.site/violation/tx-tac-746-303-b))

## Nearby programs
- [Rucker Head Start](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1340627) — 1.19 km, capacity 97
- [Pasadena Learning Center](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-350499) — 1.3 km, capacity 93
- [A & B Nursery School](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1359919) — 1.39 km, capacity 153
- [Kce Champions LLC @ Kipp](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1383176) — 2.44 km, capacity 136
- [Elite Tots Learning Academy South Houston](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-1512548) — 2.56 km, capacity 66
- [Richey Road Head Start](https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-779831) — 2.99 km, capacity 88

## Sources
- tx_hhsc_operations record 925855 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://data.texas.gov/resource/bc5r-88dy.json?operation_id=925855
- us_census_geocoder record 5302 ALLENDALE RD|HOUSTON|TX|77017 (verified, retrieved 2026-11-05): https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/

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Source page: https://www.kinfield.site/facility/tx-hhsc-925855 · Kinfield — Childcare Intelligence. Facts come from public regulator records; historical inspection data is labelled. Missing data never means no issue exists.