Panhandle Montessori Preschool
Licensed Center in Panhandle, Texas. License #1645099, issued February 3, 2017.
- Address
- 503 Pecan Ave, Panhandle, TX 79068
- Phone
- (806) 537-4701
- Licensed capacity
- 52 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
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
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 May 22, 2025. From the state's provider report of October 29, 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 22 areas it checked 3,765 standards at Panhandle Montessori Preschool between April 25, 2022 and August 18, 2026 and recorded 3 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 | 365 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 334 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 465 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 108 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 270 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 57 | 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 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,753 of those standards. The remaining 12, including 1 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 9 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on August 18, 2026, and 3 citations.
- 1Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 3. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium March 20, 2023 Correction verified March 21, 2023
746.5205(4): Documentation of Drills
A fire drill was not documented for the month of February 2023. For January and February 2023 the monthly checks for fire extinguisher checks, smoke detector checks and carbon monoxide detector checks were not documented.
- Medium April 25, 2022 Correction verified April 26, 2022
746.4913: Required Documentation for Unitary Surfacing Materials
The manufacturer instructions for the test data for the unitary surfacing was not available for review at inspection.
- Medium High April 25, 2022 Correction verified April 28, 2022
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
Diaper changes were observed at inspection with infants having their diapers changed but the infants did not have their hands washed afterwards. Additionally, infants did not have their hands washed prior to eating/drinking a bottle. Staff were observed preparing bottles and were not washing their hands prior.
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About this record
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