Bright Minds Academy at Bushland
Licensed Center in Amarillo, Texas. License #1724321, issued December 10, 2021.
- Address
- 18841 19th St, Amarillo, TX 79124
- Phone
- (806) 349-1896
- Licensed capacity
- 75 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- brightmindsacademy.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since April 17, 2026. From the state's provider report of April 17, 2026.
Where this is
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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 4,035 standards at Bright Minds Academy at Bushland between December 7, 2021 and May 26, 2026 and recorded 6 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 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 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 | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| 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 | 4 | 450 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 288 | 1 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 4,007 of those standards. The remaining 28, 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 Bright Minds Academy at Bushland says about itself
Bright Minds Academy is a childcare, preschool, and Spanish learning center in Amarillo, Texas for infants to 5-year-olds. With individualized attention, a nurturing environment and extracurricular activities, we provide everything your child needs to excel in their early-childhood education.
Quoted from brightmindsacademy.com, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 16 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 2, 2026, and 6 citations.
One of those visits began with Bright Minds Academy at Bushland reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 2High
- 2Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 5, 2026
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Two staff were missing all the required health topics within their previous training year.
- High May 26, 2026 Correction verified May 29, 2026
746.3805(a)(1): Administering Medication - According to Label Directions
There were two epi-pens that were not in the original container so the epi pens lacked vital information including the name of the children's full name who the epi pen belongs to and one was expired.
- Medium High June 18, 2025 Correction verified June 25, 2025
746.605(15): Required Admission Information-Child's allergies and Completed Food Allergy Plan
A child who has known allergic reactions to different foods does not have a food allergy plan on file for review.
- Medium February 21, 2025 Correction verified April 14, 2025
746.307(c): Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, parents were not notified of less serious injuries that occurred by pick up time as required by the minimum standards.
- High October 3, 2024 Correction verified November 12, 2024
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, children have been disciplined by yelling by staff.
- Medium High September 27, 2023 Correction verified October 5, 2023
746.605(16): Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan
A child in care who had a listed diagnosed food allergy did not have a complete food allergy in file when reviewed as it was missing the parent signature.
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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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