Hippo Learning Station
Licensed Center in Hutto, Texas. License #1551578, issued April 17, 2015.
- Address
- 104 Taylor St Unit B, Hutto, TX 78634
- Phone
- (512) 642-6181
- Licensed capacity
- 84 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:45 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- hippolearningstation.com
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School.
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 May 5, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 27, 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 3,917 standards at Hippo Learning Station between January 11, 2022 and October 28, 2026 and recorded 13 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 | 241 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 269 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 147 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,853 of those standards. The remaining 64, including 12 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 Hippo Learning Station says about itself
We are a Christian-based licensed Child Care Center serving Hutto and surrounding areas.
Quoted from hippolearningstation.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
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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 49 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 28, 2026, and 13 citations.
4 of those visits began with Hippo Learning Station 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.
- 4High
- 8Medium High
- 1Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High May 7, 2026 Correction verified June 5, 2026
746.613(a): Required Immunizations
Immunizations were not up to date after an immunization audit completed by the Department of State Health Services.
- High March 27, 2026 Correction verified May 7, 2026
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that caregivers failed to supervise children when two children pulled each other's pants down while playing outside.
- Medium High March 12, 2026 Correction verified March 31, 2026
746.1107(2): Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion
An employee was performing caregiver duties without meeting caregiver qualifications. This was corrected when the caregiver stopped caregiver duties.
- Medium High March 12, 2026 Correction verified March 31, 2026
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
One infant was sitting in a highchair without the safety straps fastened. The safety straps had been removed from the chair. This was corrected when a caregiver removed the infant from the chair.
- Medium High March 3, 2026 Correction verified March 12, 2026
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
One infant was sitting in a chair in an infant feeding table without the safety straps fastened. This was corrected when a caregiver fastened the safety straps.
- Medium High February 23, 2026 Correction verified March 3, 2026
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
Two infants were sitting in chairs in an infant feeding table without the safety straps fastened. This was corrected when a caregiver fastened the safety straps.
- Medium High February 19, 2026 Correction verified March 31, 2026
746.2909(4): Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Provides Access to Walkway
Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that naptime mats in the toddler room did not have sufficient space between each naptime mat.
- Medium High October 24, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.1013(a)(1): Director's Absence - Caregiver in Charge Knows in Charge
The person in charge when the director was not present was unaware they were in charge. Other caregivers asked did not know who was in charge or gave the wrong person's name. This was corrected at inspection when the director called and informed the person in charge that they were in charge and later when the director arrived at the operation.
- Medium High May 21, 2025 Correction verified July 18, 2025
746.3427: Pest Extermination
It was found during an investigation that while the operation had regular professional pest control treatment, the operation staff had also been treating the outdoor area with a mosquito outdoor fogger spray without being certified to do so.
- High November 18, 2024 Correction verified January 6, 2025
746.1205(a)(5): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety
The operation was unable to intervene when a child ran out of the classroom and locked themself in the director's office on two different occasions. During both occasions the operation sent another child through the director's office window to assist in unlocking the door. On the second occasion the child who locked themself in the office began repeatedly hitting the child while they tried to unlock the door.
- Medium October 15, 2024 Correction verified November 12, 2024
746.2207(c)(3): Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily
Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that a caregiver used screen time activities for more than one hour per day.
- Medium High May 15, 2024 Correction verified June 25, 2024
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
The operation does not have a current sanitation inspection. The director requested and paid for a sanitation inspection during the inspection.
- High February 24, 2024 Correction verified March 5, 2024
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that a child was left unsupervised for approximately 40 seconds.
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About this record
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