The Prep School of Bee Cave
Licensed Center in Austin, Texas. License #1658986, issued February 28, 2018.
- Address
- 14001 Bee Cave Pkwy, Austin, TX 78738
- Phone
- (512) 790-7737
- Licensed capacity
- 263 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Not accepted
- Website
- theprepschools.com
Programs listed with the state: Meals Provided, After School Care, 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
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 5,222 standards at The Prep School of Bee Cave between February 15, 2022 and September 2, 2026 and recorded 13 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 | 4 | 488 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 4 | 435 | 0 |
| Personnel | 5 | 750 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 0 |
| Activities | 5 | 176 | 1 |
| Infants | 4 | 357 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 4 | 88 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 4 | 76 | 0 |
| School-age | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 179 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 452 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 298 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 299 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 4 | 384 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 114 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 269 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 181 | 0 |
The table adds up to 5,174 of those standards. The remaining 48, including 12 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 The Prep School of Bee Cave says about itself
Discover private preschool, child care, and after-school programs for children from infancy through school age at The PREP Schools in Texas and Nevada.
Quoted from theprepschools.com, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 36 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 2, 2026, and 13 citations.
4 of those visits began with The Prep School of Bee Cave 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.
- 10High
- 1Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium September 2, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(c)(4): Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
Two classrooms were observed to be utilizing unscheduled screen time during transition from outdoor play to lunch as a resting period. The teachers corrected this after it was addressed by adminstartive staff by continuing to follow schedule.
- High July 9, 2026 Correction verified July 22, 2026
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 child was left unsupervised in a classroom without the teacher's knowldge.
- High April 15, 2026 Correction verified May 21, 2026
746.2805: Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, it was determined a caregiver abruptly moved a nap cot while a child was on it.
- Medium April 15, 2026 Correction verified May 21, 2026
746.2601(2): Care Requirements for Pre-Kindergarten Age - Individual Attention
The investigation found that a caregiver was redirecting a child and the child tripped, and the caregiver did not console the child afterwards.
- High November 22, 2025 Correction verified January 15, 2026
746.5625(d)(2): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - Driver or designated employee conduct walk-through and visual check of vehicle
A walk-through of the bus was not completed after the children unloaded. Children often disable the bus alarm at the back door of the bus.
- High November 22, 2025 Correction verified January 15, 2026
746.5625(b): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions
During the DFPS investigation, it was determined that the bus alarm sometimes malfunctions.
- High November 22, 2025 Correction verified January 15, 2026
746.5605(4): AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
A child was left unsupervised on the bus.
- High September 19, 2025 Correction verified October 23, 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
This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A name to face account of the children was not completed by the caregiver before returning inside and closing the door and this resulted in a child being left unsupervised.
- High June 16, 2025 Correction verified July 22, 2025
746.3703(a): People Whose Behavior/Health Threatens Children Not Present
The director did not intervene to prevent potential risk to children when there were previous concerns about a caregiver possessing vape products on site.
- High June 16, 2025 Correction verified July 22, 2025
746.3703(d): No Smoking or Use of Tobacco Including E-Cigarettes or Vaporizers
A caregiver staff had a vape pen and other paraphernalia on property while children were present.
- Medium High January 17, 2025 Corrected at inspection
746.3819: Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
A caregiver provided a child with food containing egg products, despite a known and serious allergy. CI: This was corrected and resolved when the operation had a food allergy emergency plan signed by the child's parent within his file and as well in his classroom. Also the director clarified that caregivers would not distribute food, and the kitchen manager would provide appropriate alternative snacks for children with known allergies.
- High November 20, 2024 Correction verified December 5, 2024
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
When disciplining, a caregiver responded inappropriately by biting a child back after being bitten by the child. The caregivers bite resulted in a swollen black and blue mark on the child's forearm.
- High November 18, 2024 Correction verified January 14, 2025
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
Based on the evidence gathered during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that Physical Abuse was Reason to Believe.
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About this record
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