YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center
YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center is a licensed child care center in Houston, TX, licensed for up to 72 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2021. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 12 times and investigated 6 reports. Inspectors recorded 6 citations, 3 of them high-risk, most often for building & playground safety (2 of 6). None of them came in the last 12 months. Its last 9 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #152 of 882 centers in Houston and better than 63% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
There is sufficient evidence to support supervision concerns.
There is sufficient evidence to support after ensuring the safety of a child, the parents were not notified immediately after the child was involved in a non-routine situation that placed a child at risk for injury or harm.
Fire extinguishers were observed last serviced 5/2022.
There was no current annual fire inspection report available for review during the inspection. The most recent report was dated 7/7/22.
The operation did not report the number of employees that left employment in the 2022 calendar year by January 15.
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.
About this center
Common questions
Does YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center’s hours?
6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Gulf Coast area, which includes Houston, is $42.60 a day for infants, $40.80 a day for toddlers and $39.40 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 3 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on May 2, 2024: “Supervision ensures each child’s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child’s on going activity.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center compare with other daycares in Houston?
It is tied for #152 of 882 centers in Houston by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 63% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was YMCA Children's Academy at Avenue Center last inspected?
Aug 19, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1718508 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.