St. Martin's Lutheran Day School

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Provider details

City / County / ZIP: Austin / Travis / 78701
Street address: 606 W 15th St
Phone: (512) 476-4037
Capacity: 176
Ages served: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
Hours / Days: 07:15 AM-06:00 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
Permit type: Full Permit
Permit issued: January 23, 1986
Operation status:: Active
Corrective action: HHSC lists: No
Adverse action: HHSC lists: No
Temporarily closed: HHSC lists: No

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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 4 cited deficiencies dated December 1, 2023 to April 2, 2026 (2 High, 2 Medium High risk). Correction status: 0 corrected at inspection, 4 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.

High risk · AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation (745.641)
Cited May 28, 2025 (correction date recorded: June 16, 2025; correction verified June 27, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: An employee was present at the operation without an eligible background check.
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 December 1, 2023 (correction date recorded: December 4, 2023; correction verified December 20, 2023; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A child was unsupervised for approximately 1 minute.
Medium High risk · Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner (746.3407(8))
Cited April 2, 2026 (correction date recorded: April 10, 2026; correction verified April 7, 2026; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Two trash cans were uncovered and contained a small amount of garbage.
Medium High risk · Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children (746.1601)
Cited October 3, 2024 (correction date recorded: October 28, 2024; correction verified October 30, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A caregiver had 12 children in a classroom where the required ratio was 1 caregiver to 11 children.

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 4 cited deficiencies for St. Martin's Lutheran Day School in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (2 High, 2 Medium High).

Records list 10 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-09-25.

HHSC risk weights of citations
Risk weight	Citations
High	2
Medium High	2
Medium	0
Medium Low	0
Low	0
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

2026-04-02 · 746.3407(8) · Medium High

Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner

At inspection, two trash cans were uncovered and contained a small amount of garbage inside them.

Correction date recorded: 2026-04-10

2025-05-28 · 745.641 · High

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

An employee was present at the operation without an eligible background check. *An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC 42.078.

Correction date recorded: 2025-06-16

2024-10-03 · 746.1601 · Medium High

Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

A classroom was found to be out of ratio. The correct student to caregiver ratio should be 1:11, however, the caregiver had 12 children leaving them out of ratio by one.

Correction date recorded: 2024-10-28

Full citation history from HHSC (7)

2026-04-02 · 746.3407(8) · Medium High
Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2026-04-10. Correction verified: 2026-04-07.
At inspection, two trash cans were uncovered and contained a small amount of garbage inside them.
2025-05-28 · 745.641 · High
AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-06-16. Correction verified: 2025-06-27.
An employee was present at the operation without an eligible background check. *An administrative penalty will be recommended as a result of this citation, per HRC 42.078.
2024-10-03 · 746.1601 · Medium High
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-10-28. Correction verified: 2024-10-30.
A classroom was found to be out of ratio. The correct student to caregiver ratio should be 1:11, however, the caregiver had 12 children leaving them out of ratio by one.
2023-12-01 · 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: 2023-12-04. Correction verified: 2023-12-20.
Based on the evidence gathered during the investigation, a child was unsupervised for approximately 1 minute.
2023-04-17 · 746.1205(a)(1) · High
Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-05-15. Correction verified: 2023-05-16.
There was a child that was left in the classroom unattended for 3 minutes before taken back to their assigned classroom.
2022-08-03 · 746.5205(1) · Medium High
Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2022-08-03. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The previous fire drill was conducted on 06/22/2022 which is past the monthly requirement. This was corrected at inspection when the operation conducted a fire drill.
2022-08-03 · 746.4135(b) · Medium
Children's Products- Annual Certification
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2022-08-03. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The previous CPSC form was updated on 10/14/2020 which is past the required yearly time for update. This was corrected at inspection when the director updated and posted the form.

Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=94158

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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.