Open Door Central
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #49372, issued June 23, 1987.
- Address
- 1717 W 10th St, Austin, TX 78703
- Phone
- (512) 477-9632
- Licensed capacity
- 85 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:30 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- opendoorpreschool.org
Programs listed with the state: Accredited, Snacks Provided, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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 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 June 19, 2026. From the state's provider report of August 26, 2026.
Where this is
A map of this address loads when you ask for it. Nothing is requested from the map host until then, so opening this page does not tell anyone which program you were reading about.
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 3,819 standards at Open Door Central between November 3, 2021 and July 16, 2026 and recorded 6 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 | 331 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 2 | 108 | 0 |
| Activities | 2 | 72 | 0 |
| Infants | 2 | 180 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 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 | 135 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 339 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 232 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 225 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 102 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,802 of those standards. The remaining 17, including 4 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 Open Door Central says about itself
Small class sizes for personalized attention Developmentally appropriate, child-led curriculum Inclusive classrooms Lots of outdoor time each day Experienced, compassionate teachers Strong family partnerships and communication NAEYC Accredited: Highest Standards in Early Childhood Education Serving
Quoted from opendoorpreschool.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
This goes to Open Door Central and nobody else. They reply to you directly: we do not sit in the middle of it, and we never pass your details on or sell them.
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 14 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on July 16, 2026, and 6 citations.
One of those visits began with Open Door Central 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.
- 3High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 6. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- High November 20, 2025 Correction verified December 11, 2025
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
There is a violation of this standard as 3 children were left unsupervised for 2 minutes.
- High April 19, 2024 Correction verified April 19, 2024
745.641: AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
One volunteer was present with children before the operation submitted an initial background check and without receiving a background check eligibility letter. This was corrected at inspection when the director had the volunteer leave.
- Medium April 15, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.4003(b): First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
The first aid kit contained expired items. This was corrected at inspection when the director removed the expired items.
- Medium April 15, 2024 Correction verified April 17, 2024
746.2421(a): Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional
Out of seven infant feeding instructions reviewed, seven infant feeding instructions were not signed by the parent within the past 30 days.
- Medium April 15, 2024 Correction verified April 17, 2024
746.611(b): Health Statement on File within 1 Week of Admission
Out of eight children records reviewed, one child was missing a current health statement.
- High October 4, 2023 Correction verified November 8, 2023
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
A caregiver knowingly left an infant in an adult chair and walked away. The caregiver was not in physical proximity of the infant to keep them from falling out of the adult sized chair.
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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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