Licensed child care center · public record
The PREP School of Headwaters
Dripping Springs, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued September 22, 2025
- Capacity
- 263 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1812498
Where
404 Headwaters Blvd Suite 200
Dripping Springs, TX 78620
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| June 2, 2026 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(2) - AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization State’s note: “The operation stated that they did not know that popping a child's elbow into place is considered an intervention or treatment by a doctor.” |
| June 2, 2026 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “An incident report was not provided for this incident.” |
| April 2, 2026 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “Two two-year-olds were able to get onto the back fenced in field and were unsupervised for 3 to 5 minutes before being seen by one of the children's mothers.” |
| December 29, 2025 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The incident was not reported to CCR.” |
| December 29, 2025 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “There was no incident report written about this incident.” |
| December 29, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity State’s note: “It was found that a 17 month old child had been unsupervised for 15-20 minutes in a classroom while his peers were playing outside.” |
| November 18, 2025 | Medium | 746.2421(a) - Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional State’s note: “The investigation found that caregivers did not follow an infant's feeding schedule and did not give him any of his bottles throughout the day” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 30, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 24, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 5, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- August 4, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 5, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 2, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 6, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 2, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- February 3, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 30, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 5, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 29, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- December 23, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- November 20, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 18, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected The PREP School of Headwaters?
Texas HHSC's file lists 12 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 30, 2026. 4 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does The PREP School of Headwaters have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 7: 3 high-risk, 1 medium-high-risk, 3 medium-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
Other day cares in Dripping Springs
- Over Yonder Nature SchoolLicensed child care center
- Havenwood Nature School WestLicensed child care center
- Moxie Gymnastics and CheerLicensed child care center
- OakSong School of the Hill CountryLicensed child care center
- Havenwood Nature SchoolLicensed child care center
- Primrose School of Dripping SpringsLicensed child care center
- Holy Spirit Episcopal SchoolLicensed child care center
- Sunset Canyon Baptist Church PreschoolLicensed child care center
- Dripping Springs Educators Child Development CenterLicensed child care center
- Your Growing ChildLicensed child care center
- Pathways School at DSMCLicensed child care center
Get Texas's new day cares every Monday
Free. The week’s new names for one region, in one short email. No account.
We only email you about Texas Daycare Report. Unsubscribe any time.