Guiding Steps Montessori
Licensed Center in Round Rock, Texas. License #1532993, issued August 14, 2014.
- Address
- 1000 E Bowman Dr, Round Rock, TX 78664
- Phone
- (512) 551-9767
- Licensed capacity
- 80 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
- guidingstepsmontessori.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Snacks Provided, Skill Classes, 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
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 December 11, 2025. From the state's provider report of September 12, 2026.
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 3,689 standards at Guiding Steps Montessori between December 15, 2021 and July 17, 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 | 3 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 327 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 436 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 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 | 3 | 338 | 1 |
| 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 3,669 of those standards. The remaining 20, 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 12 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 17, 2026, and 8 citations.
- 2High
- 5Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 8. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High August 27, 2025 Correction verified September 15, 2025
746.1315(b): Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR
Of the six staff files reviewed, two of them had expired CPR/first aid training.
- Medium High February 20, 2024 Correction verified April 11, 2024
746.3427: Pest Extermination
During a DFPS investigation it was found that the operation was completing pest control without the proper certification.
- Medium High February 20, 2024 Correction verified April 11, 2024
746.3407(8): Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
During a DFPS investigation it was found that garbage was in the hall and rodent feces was observed in rooms that children had access to.
- Medium February 20, 2024 Correction verified April 11, 2024
746.901: Required Personnel Records
During a DFPS investigation the director's file was unavailable for review.
- High February 20, 2024 Correction verified April 11, 2024
746.305(a)(6): Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
Two parents were not notified of a situation where it was believed that their infant child placed rodent feces in their mouth.
- Medium High February 20, 2024 Correction verified April 11, 2024
746.3407(9): Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
During a DFPS investigation it was found that a classroom had peeling paint, there was a broken floor tile behind the toilet, there was a mold-stained ceiling tile and stained light fixtures.
- High February 20, 2024 Correction verified April 11, 2024
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
During a DFPS investigation it was found that a caregiver spanked children on their arms and shoulders and patted the children on their bottom.
- Medium High October 17, 2023 Correction verified November 28, 2023
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
Current Health Inspection was not available for review.
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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 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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