The Discovery School
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #996466, issued February 11, 2010.
- Address
- 8600 White Cliff Dr Ste 3, Austin, TX 78759
- Phone
- (512) 358-6602
- Licensed capacity
- 34 children
- Licensed for
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 08:30 AM-04:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- discoveryschools.com
Programs listed with the state: Part Time Care, 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
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.
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 4,096 standards at The Discovery School between March 8, 2022 and October 22, 2026 and recorded 10 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 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 2 |
| 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 | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 3 | 33 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 451 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 4 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 1 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 1 |
The table adds up to 4,090 of those standards. The remaining 6, including 2 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 7 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on October 22, 2026, and 10 citations.
- 2High
- 5Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 10. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High November 21, 2025 Correction verified December 5, 2025
746.4907(a)(1): Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less
Loose fill was not at the required depth during an inspection of the playground.
- High November 21, 2025 Correction verified February 6, 2026
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
There are no child safety alarms on the vehicles.
- Medium High November 21, 2025 Correction verified November 24, 2025
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
An allergy action plan was not signed by by both the child's heath care professional and parent.
- Medium December 9, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.4135(b): Children's Products- Annual Certification
An annual certification of the safety recalls was not available for review.
- Medium High December 9, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.3701(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
An electric outlet was missing a safety cover
- High December 9, 2024 Correction verified January 7, 2025
746.1205(a)(2): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for
A caregiver did not know how many children they were responsible for.
- Medium High January 10, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.3701(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
An electrical outlet was accessible to children
- Medium High February 6, 2023 Correction verified February 24, 2023
746.1301(4)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and directors - Pediatric CPR
Staff did not have correct CPR training completed.
- Medium February 6, 2023 Correction verified February 21, 2023
746.1309(e): Documented Annual Training- Required Content
4 out of 4 staff didnt have all required trainings completed.
- Medium March 8, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.4135(c): Children's Products-Posting of CPSC website
The operation did not have a completed consumer product safety form. This was corrected when the operation completed the form during the inspection.
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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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