Hutto Head Start
Licensed Center in Hutto, Texas. License #1191706, issued June 10, 2011.
- Address
- 80 Mager Ln, Hutto, TX 78634
- Phone
- (512) 642-3144
- Licensed capacity
- 51 children
- Licensed for
- Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-04:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- owbc-tx.org
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, Snacks Provided.
Openings
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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 3,713 standards at Hutto Head Start between March 30, 2022 and October 23, 2026 and recorded 7 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 | 357 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 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 | 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 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 84 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 1 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,704 of those standards. The remaining 9, including 6 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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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 12 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 23, 2026, and 7 citations.
- 2High
- 2Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High November 12, 2025 Correction verified November 13, 2025
746.1305(b): Pre-service Training for Caregivers of Children Under 24 Months
Out of three caregiver files reviewed, two caregivers under one year of employment did not have proof of required infant topics pre-service trainings and one caregiver employed over a year did not have proof of infant topics annual training.
- Medium February 3, 2025 Correction verified February 12, 2025
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Out of four caregivers' trainings reviewed during an inspection on 12/10/24, four caregivers were missing proof of required annual trainings in emergency preparedness, administering medications, food allergies, and hazardous materials during the inspection. On 2/3/25, the director submitted trainings for one caregiver, one caregiver is no longer employed, and two caregivers are still missing the required annual trainings in emergency preparedness, administering medications, food allergies, and hazardous materials.
- Medium January 15, 2025 Correction verified February 3, 2025
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Out of four caregivers trainings reviewed, four caregivers were missing proof of required annual trainings in emergency preparedness, administering medications, food allergies, and hazardous materials.
- High December 10, 2024 Correction verified December 16, 2024
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
The director was present with an inactive background check. This was corrected at inspection when a new background check was submitted during inspection and the director was observed leaving until the background check is complete. HHSC will recommend an administrative penalty as a result of this citation, per HRC Section 42.078.
- High December 10, 2024 Correction verified January 2, 2025
746.5101(a): Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
The last annual fire inspection was completed on 10/19/23 which is over a year ago.
- Medium December 10, 2024 Correction verified January 15, 2025
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
Out of four caregivers trainings reviewed, four caregivers were missing proof of required annual trainings in emergency preparedness, administering medications, food allergies, and hazardous materials.
- Medium High February 7, 2023 Correction verified March 8, 2023
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
There was no current health inspection report on file for review. The most recent health inspection report was dated 01/25/2022.
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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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