Austin Montessori Sunset
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #184979, issued December 13, 1985.
- Address
- 5012 Sunset Trl, Austin, TX 78745
- Phone
- (512) 892-0253
- Licensed capacity
- 286 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- austinmontessori.org
Programs listed with the state: After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
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.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
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 3,747 standards at Austin Montessori Sunset between January 11, 2022 and September 11, 2026 and recorded 15 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 | 363 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 329 | 2 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 2 |
| 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 | 338 | 3 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 3 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,726 of those standards. The remaining 21, including 3 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 Austin Montessori Sunset says about itself
The oldest Montessori school in Austin, Texas. An authentic, AMI-recognized education for children 16 months to 15 years, across three campuses.
Quoted from austinmontessori.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
This goes to Austin Montessori Sunset 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 17 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 11, 2026, and 15 citations.
- 2High
- 10Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 15. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium October 13, 2025 Correction verified October 30, 2025
746.501(a)(20): Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
It was found that the operation did not give all families the list of Parents Rights, in autumn 2023 as required. This issue has now been resolved by the operation adding the list to their admission materials.
- Medium High September 17, 2025 Correction verified September 24, 2025
746.3701: Safety - Areas Free From Hazards
At inspection, three classrooms had toaster ovens that could be accessible to children in care.
- Medium High September 17, 2025 Correction verified September 24, 2025
746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
At inspection, two classrooms had uncovered trash cans that contained garbage.
- Medium High October 4, 2024 Correction verified October 18, 2024
746.2901: Supervised Naptime Daily
Children aged 4 1/2 to 5 years, who were in care for approximately seven consecutive hours, did not have a designated quiet or naptime.
- Medium October 4, 2024 Correction verified October 18, 2024
746.901: Required Personnel Records
The staff training certificates were not available for review at the time of the inspection.
- High October 4, 2024 Correction verified October 18, 2024
746.613(a): Required Immunizations
Out of the ten children's files reviewed, one child did not have all the required immunizations up to date.
- Medium High October 4, 2024 Correction verified October 18, 2024
746.501(a)(8): Written Operational Policies - Suspension and Expulsion
The operational policies were missing provisions on suspension and expulsion, promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity, employee vaccinations, and inclusive care for children with special needs.
- Medium High October 4, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.2911: Adequate Lighting During Naptime
Two classrooms had insufficient lighting during naptime.
- Medium High November 7, 2023 Correction verified December 6, 2023
746.3805(b)(1): Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date
Two children's medications were not in the original container and did not contain the prescription label.
- Medium High November 7, 2023 Correction verified December 6, 2023
746.4907(d): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained
The playground outside the Cypress cottage did not have the required 6 inches of loose fill.
- Medium November 7, 2023 Correction verified December 6, 2023
746.4135(c): Children's Products-Posting of CPSC website
The operation did not have a signed CPSC form porsted.
- High November 7, 2023 Correction verified November 8, 2023
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A student teacher observer was present with the children without an eligible background check. The student teacher was sent home during the inspection.
- Medium High November 7, 2023 Correction verified December 6, 2023
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation does not have a current sanitation inspection.
- Medium High November 7, 2023 Correction verified November 13, 2023
746.305(a)(7): Report Change in Controlling Person
Two members of the governing body are not listed as controlling persons.
- Medium High November 7, 2023 Correction verified December 6, 2023
746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
The garbage can in a classroom did not have a lid and there was garbage accessible to children.
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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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