Carpenter Hill Early Learning Center
Licensed Center in Buda, Texas. License #1580385, issued February 8, 2016.
- Address
- 4410 Ranch Rd 967, Buda, TX 78610
- Phone
- (512) 268-8509
- Licensed capacity
- 45 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten
- Hours
- 06:35 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since September 11, 2025. From the state's provider report of May 21, 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 3,118 standards at Carpenter Hill Early Learning Center between September 2, 2022 and April 2, 2026 and recorded 8 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 | 2 | 242 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 2 | 225 | 1 |
| Personnel | 2 | 313 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 2 | 44 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| School-age | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| Discipline | 2 | 40 | 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 | 1 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,108 of those standards. The remaining 10, including 5 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 10 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on April 2, 2026, and 8 citations.
- 2High
- 3Medium High
- 2Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High March 12, 2026 Correction verified April 2, 2026
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
In two classrooms, the teachers made mistakes on how old their youngest and oldest were.
- Medium High April 7, 2025 Correction verified August 19, 2025
746.1301(a)(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR
Of the 5 employee files, none had the required 24 hours of training hours for their past training year. The director had all training needed.
- Medium Low April 7, 2025 Correction verified May 1, 2025
746.623(1)(A): Immunizations-Immunization record must include the child's name and birth date
Of the 6 children's files, 2 did not have updated immunization records.
- Medium High April 7, 2025 Correction verified April 30, 2025
746.3303: Nutrition and Food Service - Meal and Snack Schedule
Due to the food program requirements, there needs to be many changes to the snack calendar to replace grain based desserts and desserts to food with less added sugar more whole grains. Foods needing tobe replaced would be: apple, cinnimon straws, taco puffs, veggie straws, pirates booty, vanilla wafers, nutrigrain bars.
- Medium May 8, 2024 Correction verified May 24, 2024
746.801(8): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Playground Maintenance Records
The operation did not have a recent playground maintenance checklist.
- Medium May 8, 2024 Correction verified May 24, 2024
746.801(3): Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
Some of the operation's personnel and training records were not available to review at the inspection today
- Medium High May 8, 2024 Correction verified May 24, 2024
746.3301(b): Nutrition and Food Service - Follow Meal Patterns
The operation did not have an updated snack menu that follows the requirements of the USDA food program.
- High August 11, 2023 Correction verified September 12, 2023
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
A caregiver was observed caring for children without an active, eligible background check.
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About this record
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