Manchaca · Licensed center
Bright Beginnings Schoolhouse
A center in Manchaca, licensed for 20 children.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 12 to 61 children. Medium is 62 to 153; large is 154 to 731.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
This state publishes the visits that cited something but not the ones that cited nothing, so there is no city rate to set this beside.
From Texas HHSC’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
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State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- November 3, 2023
- On file
- 2 visits since December 2021 — both cited findings
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
Texas HHSC describes each deficiency in writing and weights the standard behind it from high to low by the risk a violation presents to children. It publishes no inspection document.
Nov 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · November 3, 2023
746.4901(a) - Active Play Surfacing In Use Zones - Loose Fill or Unitary Surfacing · Medium High
There are two pieces of climbing equipment, a caterpillar and a boat, that do not have loose surfacing underneath them.
746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less · Medium High
There is approximately 1-2 inches of loose fill on the playscape area, and at the base of slides it is bare.
Dec 2021 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · December 7, 2021
746.501(a)(18) - Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity · Medium
The parent handbook was missing a section on the promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity and active play.
746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement · Medium
One child's file was missing a health statement.
Details
- Phone
- 5127779574
- Website
- bbschoolhouses.com
- Address
- 1600 Black Bear Dr Bldg 2
- License
- 1694240, active
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All checked July 2026.
State record
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website — bbschoolhouses.com