Easterseals Lonestar Little Lonestar Academy
A licensed child care center in Lakeway, Texas 78734
107 Ranch Road 620 S Ste 300, Lakeway, Texas 78734. (512) 233-1940.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.
- 6 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Travis County: 3
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 4-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?
6 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 6, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Oct 6, 2026
Rated High by Texas: AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions, at the report to the state on Sep 24, 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 Sep 24, 2026
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
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 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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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.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
Oct 6, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The operation’s last fire inspection was observed to be on August 25th, 2026.”
Sep 28, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Notification of Change in Space
“The operation failed to notify Child Care Regulations of closure of classroom and of changes to playground space before changes were made.”
Sep 24, 2026: report to the state3 deficiencies
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AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions
“The operation removed children one by one from a classroom with one caregiver who was not allowed to be left alone with children.”
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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
“A caregiver walked out of a classroom leaving a child unattended for approximately one minute.”
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Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“The operation did not notify the parent that their child was left unattended. The director messaged the parents during the inspection.”
Mar 19, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
“The wooden platform on the larger playground was observed to have multiple large holes and exposed nails. Wood panels on the large playground was observd to have peeling paint and missing wood panel.”
All 14 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 24, 2026 | Report to the state | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 9, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Aug 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Apr 8, 2024.
- Its permit has conditions.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 81 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.
- 2 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: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 624 child care providers in Travis County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 6.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Lakeway Church Christian Preschool | 6 |
| International Reggio Emilia Center | 7 |
| Lsp Lakeway, Inc. | 15 |
| Lake Travis United Methodist Church Preschool | 0 |
| Easterseals Lonestar Little Lonestar Academy This child care provider | 6 |
| Explorers Child Development Center | 3 |
| Mia Mia Lakeway LLC | 0 |
| Bluebonnet Montessori School of Lakeway | 2 |
| Lake Travis Isd Child Development Center | 7 |
| Emmaus Early Childhood Education Program | 3 |
| Gethsemane Lutheran Childrens | 9 |
| St Marks Episcopal Day School | 9 |
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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