Ms. Sam's Daycare
Licensed Child-Care Home in Austin, Texas. License #1666714, issued July 3, 2018.
- Address
- 2500 Lavendale Ct, Austin, TX 78748
- Phone
- (512) 785-4355
- Licensed capacity
- 12 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-05:45 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Field Trips.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since March 5, 2026. From the state's provider report of August 11, 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 21 areas it checked 3,073 standards at Ms. Sam's Daycare between March 2, 2022 and October 14, 2026 and recorded 5 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 21 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 282 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 276 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 392 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 93 | 1 |
| Activities | 3 | 95 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 230 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 51 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 57 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 48 | 0 |
| Nutrition | 3 | 131 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 329 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 223 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 125 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety and equipment | 3 | 207 | 0 |
| Swimming pools | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 156 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,058 of those standards. The remaining 15, including 3 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 8 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 14, 2026, and 5 citations.
- 1High
- 2Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 5. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High September 24, 2026 Correction verified October 14, 2026
747.1313(a): Pediatric First-Aid and Pediatric CPR Training - Primary, Assistant, and Substitute Caregivers
Current training in CPR and First Aid were unavailable for review.
- High November 19, 2024 Corrected at inspection
747.2326(a)(1): Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
During the inspection, two infants without sleep exception forms were observed asleep in swings. This was corrected at inspection when the infants were moved to pack and plays to sleep.
- Medium High November 19, 2024 Corrected at inspection
747.1803: Child/Caregiver Ratio - Licensed Child Care Home with 2 Caregivers
There were 14 children in care at the start of the inspection. This was corrected at inspection when two children were sent home.
- Medium January 11, 2024 Correction verified January 15, 2024
747.1305(d): Caregivers Required Annual Training-Required Topics without hour restriction
The required annual trainings were not accessible for review.
- Medium March 2, 2022 Correction verified April 6, 2022
747.603(a)(4): Children's Records - Immunizations
It was found during the inspection that the children's records for 5 children were needing to be updated.
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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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