First Presbyterian Day School
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #189278, issued July 3, 1986.
- Address
- 8001 Mesa Dr, Austin, TX 78731
- Phone
- (512) 345-8961
- Licensed capacity
- 85 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 09:00 AM-01:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- fpdsaustin.org
Programs listed with the state: Part Time Care.
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
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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 3,761 standards at First Presbyterian Day School between November 17, 2021 and September 23, 2026 and recorded 11 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 | 326 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 441 | 1 |
| 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 | 4 | 48 | 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 | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 222 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 202 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,744 of those standards. The remaining 17, including 7 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 First Presbyterian Day School says about itself
Discover First Presbyterian Day School in Austin, TX — a nurturing preschool, day school, and mothers day out program offering play-based learning for ages 18 months–5 years. Join our loving community and prepare your child for lifelong growth.
Quoted from fpdsaustin.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
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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 8 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 23, 2026, and 11 citations.
- 1High
- 8Medium High
- 1Medium
- 1Medium Low
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 11. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High September 23, 2026 Correction verified September 29, 2026
746.1301(a)(5)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
One caregiver was missing two training hours.
- Medium Low January 23, 2026 Correction verified February 9, 2026
746.303(b): Report Number of Employees
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data from January 20, 2026, determined the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.
- Medium High October 3, 2025 Correction verified October 9, 2025
746.5205(3): Sheltering Drills for Lock-Down-4 times in a calendar year
The reviewing the operation's safety drills, the operation had conducted 3 of the 4 lock down drills and 1 of the 4 shelter in place drills for the 2024-2025 calendar year.
- Medium High October 3, 2025 Correction verified October 9, 2025
746.3805(b)(1): Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date
A child's Epi-pen was available to Child Care Regulation, however the Epi-pen was not in the original packaging including the child's name and prescription. The Allergy plan was also not signed by the parent.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified December 6, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The sanitation inspection was not completed, and was expired.
- Medium High October 16, 2024 Correction verified October 28, 2024
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The fire inspection was not available for review, corrections were needed.
- Medium High November 10, 2022 Correction verified November 10, 2022
746.301(5): Notification of Change in Age Range of Children In Care
It was found during the inspection the operation was caring for infants and did not have infants on the permit.
- High November 10, 2022 Correction verified November 28, 2022
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
It was found during the inspection the operation had two caregivers without background checks.
- Medium High November 10, 2022 Correction verified January 27, 2023
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
It was found during the inspection the operation did not have a current sanitation inspection.
- Medium High November 17, 2021 Correction verified December 2, 2021
746.613(b): Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current
Out of eight children's files reviewed one does not have current immunizations on file. One is missing a health statement.
- Medium November 17, 2021 Correction verified December 2, 2021
746.1309(c): Documented Annual Training - 1 hour in Prevention, Recognition and Reporting of child maltreatment
Out of eight staff files reviewed seven did not have training on prevention, recognition, and reporting of child maltreatment.
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About this record
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