Amazing Explorers Academy Goodnight Ranch

Licensed Center

Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Austin / Travis / 78747
Street address: 8749 Vertex Blvd.
Phone: (512) 580-6002
Capacity: 237
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 06:30 AM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: January 15, 2026
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

Corrective action means HHSC requires steps to address compliance concerns; see the official HHSC record for details.

Adverse action means HHSC has taken enforcement action affecting an operation’s permit or ability to operate; see the official HHSC record for details.

Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies

State records list 11 cited deficiencies dated December 29, 2025 to July 11, 2026 (4 High, 3 Medium High, 3 Medium, 1 Low risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 11 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity (746.1205(a)(4))
Cited July 11, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified August 28, 2026; technical assistance given); June 2, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 26, 2026; correction verified July 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe children left without adult supervision: a child was left alone in the restroom for 5 minutes when the class left the room, and two toddlers went through the playground gate into the parking lot.
High risk · Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months (746.5101(a))
Cited July 7, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified August 12, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation had not conducted an annual fire inspection; the last inspection was in June 2025.
High risk · Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk (746.307(b)(4))
Cited June 2, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 26, 2026; correction verified July 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Parents were not notified immediately about 2 children getting out of the playground and running to the parking lot alone.
Medium High risk · AP Report a Child In Care Showing Signs and Symptoms of Illness Requiring Hospitalization (746.305(a)(3))
Cited June 3, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 24, 2026; correction verified July 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation did not report to Child Care Regulation that a child was hospitalized after being given a food they were allergic to.
Medium High risk · Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child (746.3301(i))
Cited June 3, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 24, 2026; correction verified July 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A child was served a food they were allergic to.
Medium High risk · Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children (746.1601)
Cited June 2, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 26, 2026; correction verified July 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver left her coworker out of ratio with a group of children while she went inside to get something.
Medium risk · Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent (746.707)
Cited July 11, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified August 28, 2026; technical assistance given); June 3, 2026 (correction date recorded: June 24, 2026; correction verified July 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Narratives describe incident reports not signed by or shared with the parent promptly; one was signed by the director on 7/6/2026 and the caregiver on 7/10/2026 but not the parent, and another was shared weeks after the incident.
Medium risk · Medication No Longer Used (746.3809)
Cited July 7, 2026 (correction date recorded: August 7, 2026; correction verified August 13, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: One child's inhaler was expired in June 2026 and one child's epi-pen expired in May 2025.
Low risk · Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985) (746.1105(3))
Cited December 29, 2025 (correction date recorded: January 5, 2026; correction verified January 5, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Two caregivers did not have their affidavits notarized.

Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.

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Summary of the record

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Texas Health and Human Services records list 11 cited deficiencies for Amazing Explorers Academy Goodnight Ranch in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (4 High, 3 Medium High, 3 Medium, 1 Low).

Records list 9 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-08-28.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	4
Medium High	3
Medium	3
Medium Low	0
Low	1
Unknown	0

HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.

Recent citations in the summary window

2026-07-11 · 746.707 · Medium

Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent

The incident report was signed by the director on 7/6/2026, by the caregiver on 7/10/2026, and not signed by the parent.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-07

2026-07-11 · 746.1205(a)(4) · High

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

The teacher did not have an iPad to properly conduct a name to face check. The teacher was not familiar with the children in care and had been relying on the children for help with names. There was no name to face check conducted, and a child was in the restroom when the class…

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-07

2026-07-07 · 746.5101(a) · High

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

The operation did not conduct a annual fire inspection, the last inspection was June 2025.

Correction date recorded: 2026-08-07

Full citation history from HHSC (11)

2026-07-11 · 746.1205(a)(4) · High
Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-08-28.
The teacher did not have an iPad to properly conduct a name to face check. The teacher was not familiar with the children in care and had been relying on the children for help with names. There was no name to face check conducted, and a child was in the restroom when the class left the classroom for 5 minutes before another parent found him alone.
2026-07-11 · 746.707 · Medium
Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-08-28.
The incident report was signed by the director on 7/6/2026, by the caregiver on 7/10/2026, and not signed by the parent.
2026-07-07 · 746.3809 · Medium
Medication No Longer Used
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-08-13.
One child's inhaler was expired in June 2026 and one child's epi-pen expired May 2025.
2026-07-07 · 746.5101(a) · High
Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-08-07. Correction verified: 2026-08-12.
The operation did not conduct a annual fire inspection, the last inspection was June 2025.
2026-06-03 · 746.305(a)(3) · Medium High
AP Report a Child In Care Showing Signs and Symptoms of Illness Requiring Hospitalization
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-24. Correction verified: 2026-07-07.
This investigation found that the operation did not report to Child Care Regulation that a child was hospitalized due to being given the food they are allergic to.
2026-06-03 · 746.707 · Medium
Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-24. Correction verified: 2026-07-07.
This investigation found that the incident report was not signed or shared with parent until weeks after the incident.
2026-06-03 · 746.3301(i) · Medium High
Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-24. Correction verified: 2026-07-07.
This investigation found that a child was served food they were allergic to.
2026-06-02 · 746.1205(a)(4) · High
Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-26. Correction verified: 2026-07-07.
During a DFPS investigation, it was found that two toddlers were able to leave through the playground gate and run into the parking lot without adult supervision.
2026-06-02 · 746.307(b)(4) · High
Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-26. Correction verified: 2026-07-07.
During a DFPS investigation, it was found that parents were not notified immediately about 2 children getting out of the playground and running to the parking lot alone.
2026-06-02 · 746.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-06-26. Correction verified: 2026-07-07.
During a DFPS investigation, it was found that a caregiver left her coworker out of ratio with a group of children while she went inside to get something.
2025-12-29 · 746.1105(3) · Low
Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-01-05. Correction verified: 2026-01-05.
Two caregivers did not have their affadaivits notorized.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1507680

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.