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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.

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 9 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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.

Source:

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.

13 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

May 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • Required Immunizations

    “Immunizations were not up to date after an immunization audit completed by the Department of State Health Services.”

    Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 22, 2026. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2026.

Mar 27, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 24, 2026. Correction verified: May 7, 2026.

Mar 12, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 20, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.

  • 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.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 12, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.

Mar 3, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 3, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 12, 2026.

Feb 23, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.2407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 3, 2026.

Feb 19, 2026: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.2909(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 19, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 31, 2026.

Oct 24, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1013(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 24, 2025.

May 21, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.3427. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 18, 2025. Correction verified: Jul 18, 2025.

Nov 18, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 23, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 6, 2025.

Oct 15, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.2207(c)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Nov 12, 2024. Correction verified: Nov 12, 2024.

May 15, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “The operation does not have a current sanitation inspection. The director requested and paid for a sanitation inspection during the inspection.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 12, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 25, 2024.

Feb 24, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
  • 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.”

    Rule 746.1205(a)(4). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 1, 2024. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2024.

All 49 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 28, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Aug 20, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 16, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Jul 2, 2026Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 30, 2026InspectionNo violation found
May 7, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 31, 2026InspectionNo violation found
Mar 27, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Mar 12, 2026Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Mar 3, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 23, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Feb 19, 2026Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 24, 2025Inspection1 deficiency cited
Oct 16, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Aug 28, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 24, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Jun 4, 2025InspectionNo violation found
May 21, 2025Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Apr 9, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 31, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Mar 27, 2025Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 6, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Nov 18, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Oct 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Oct 15, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
May 15, 2024Inspection1 deficiency cited
Mar 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 27, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Feb 24, 2024Report to the state1 deficiency cited
Dec 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Dec 17, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 28, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jul 26, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jun 19, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Apr 4, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 21, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Mar 20, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Mar 17, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 23, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 20, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 13, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Oct 13, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Oct 12, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 20, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 8, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jul 6, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Jan 25, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jan 11, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Nov 8, 2021InspectionNo violation found

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 17, 2015.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 84 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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).
Source:

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.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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