Hippo Learning Station
A licensed child care center in Hutto, Texas 78634
104 Taylor St Unit B, Hutto, Texas 78634. (512) 642-6181.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 13 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Williamson County: 3
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 32 inspections on record
- 3-Star Texas Rising Star rating
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
13 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 467 child care providers in Williamson County had 3.
32 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 28, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: Required Immunizations, at the inspection on May 7, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity, at the report to the state on Mar 27, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety, at the report to the state on Nov 18, 2024
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
13 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Each deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
May 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Required Immunizations
“Immunizations were not up to date after an immunization audit completed by the Department of State Health Services.”
Mar 27, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that caregivers failed to supervise children when two children pulled each other’s pants down while playing outside.”
Mar 12, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion
“An employee was performing caregiver duties without meeting caregiver qualifications. This was corrected when the caregiver stopped caregiver duties.”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“One infant was sitting in a highchair without the safety straps fastened. The safety straps had been removed from the chair. This was corrected when a caregiver removed the infant from the chair.”
Mar 3, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“One infant was sitting in a chair in an infant feeding table without the safety straps fastened. This was corrected when a caregiver fastened the safety straps.”
Feb 23, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
“Two infants were sitting in chairs in an infant feeding table without the safety straps fastened. This was corrected when a caregiver fastened the safety straps.”
Feb 19, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
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Arrangement of Napping Equipment - Provides Access to Walkway
“Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that naptime mats in the toddler room did not have sufficient space between each naptime mat.”
Oct 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Director’s Absence - Caregiver in Charge Knows in Charge
“The person in charge when the director was not present was unaware they were in charge. Other caregivers asked did not know who was in charge or gave the wrong person’s name. This was corrected at inspection when the director called and informed the person in charge that they were in charge and later when the director arrived at the operation.”
May 21, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
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Pest Extermination
“It was found during an investigation that while the operation had regular professional pest control treatment, the operation staff had also been treating the outdoor area with a mosquito outdoor fogger spray without being certified to do so.”
Nov 18, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child’s safety
“The operation was unable to intervene when a child ran out of the classroom and locked themself in the director’s office on two different occasions. During both occasions the operation sent another child through the director’s office window to assist in unlocking the door. On the second occasion the child who locked themself in the office began repeatedly hitting the child while they tried to unlock the door.”
Oct 15, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily
“Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that a caregiver used screen time activities for more than one hour per day.”
May 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Sanitation Inspection
“The operation does not have a current sanitation inspection. The director requested and paid for a sanitation inspection during the inspection.”
Feb 24, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“Information obtained throughout the investigation shows that a child was left unsupervised for approximately 40 seconds.”
All 49 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 7, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 19, 2026 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 21, 2025 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 6, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Mar 5, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 17, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jun 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 4, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 21, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 23, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 20, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 12, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 8, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 6, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jan 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2021 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 17, 2015.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 84 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 17 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Texas Rising Star: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 467 child care providers in Williamson County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 13.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Hippo Learning Station This child care provider | 13 |
| The Fellowship Hutto Preschool | 6 |
| Creative Learning Center | 15 |
| The Learning Experience | 11 |
| The Learning Junction Early Education Center | 31 |
| Josephine Mittchell | Not given |
| The Little Hippo | 2 |
| Green House Day Care | 11 |
| Kiddie Academy of Hutto | 9 |
| Querubines Spanish Home Daycare | 7 |
| Aml Bilingual Child Care | 5 |
| Nadine Johnson YMCA of Central Texas | 3 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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