Kyle · Licensed center
Rocking Horse Academy
A center in Kyle, licensed for 282 children.
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 154 to 731 children. Small is 12 to 61; medium is 62 to 153.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Two staff are named on their site, with no start years given.
What it costs
Application fee $150. Deposit $300, refundable. Sibling discount: Sibling tuition discount offered (specific percentage/amount not published; only one discount type may apply, cannot combine).
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, teaching approach.
What the state has found
State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- April 14, 2026
- On file
- 6 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- High —
It was found that a child was left alone in a classroom for about 2 minutes.
· April 14, 2026
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.
Apr 2026 Complaint
Complaint · April 14, 2026
Reported to the state by the program
Self-report is Texas HHSC’s own field on its complaint investigation record.
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 · High
It was found that a child was left alone in a classroom for about 2 minutes.
Feb 2026 Complaint
Complaint · February 3, 2026
Reported to the state by the program
Self-report is Texas HHSC’s own field on its complaint investigation record.
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 · High
This investigation found that supervision was not maintained through sight or sound when the child left the classroom unnoticed.
Jan 2026 Complaint
Complaint · January 16, 2026
Reported to the state by the program
Self-report is Texas HHSC’s own field on its complaint investigation record.
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 · High
This investigation found that supervision was not maintained when children were left in a hallway during a transition time.
Dec 2025 Complaint
Complaint · December 17, 2025
746.615(a) - Exemptions for Immunization Requirements Must Meet Criteria Specified by DSHS · Medium
This investigation found that the operation does not accept affidavits for immunizations.
Aug 2025 Complaint 3 findings
Complaint · August 25, 2025
745.635(3) - AP Background ck determination - If provisionally eligible w/conditions or eligible w/conditions you must restrict duties per conditions/restrictions · High
This investigation found that the operation did not follow conditions on a provisional background.
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 · High
A child was left outside while the class was coming into the building.
746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk · High
The operation did not report to child care regulations when a child was left outside.
Jun 2023 Complaint
Complaint · June 14, 2023
746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control · High
A caregiver at an operation showed poor judgement when she pushed around temporary dividers in school and injuring a child in the process.
A day here
- Meals
- RHA provides water and milk to all students (whether they bring lunch or buy school lunch); may offer limited 100% juice; no longer allows beverages sent from home; snacks/meals meet USDA nutritional guidelines with limited sweets
- Sleep
- Rest-time bedding (crib-sized sheet, small travel blanket, small pillow) is brought in weekly by parents and taken home for laundering; larger/bulkier bedding not allowed
- Hours
- 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Schedule
- Full-time, MWF (3 days/week), or T/TH (2 days/week)
- Closed
- Closed New Year's Day, MLK Day, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day + surrounding Wed/Fri, Christmas Day + 2 additional winter-break days, plus several teacher in-service/training days
Policies
- When a child is sick
- Child must be symptom-free without medication for 24 hours before returning, or provide a doctor's note clearing return; specific exclusion criteria (fever over 100°F, unexplained rash, multiple diarrhea/vomiting, eye infection/pinkeye, lice/nits)
Details
- Phone
- 5124053700
- Website
- rockinghorseacademy.com
- Address
- 6022 Mcnaughton
- License
- 820099, active
- Ages
- 6 weeks through PreK, plus After School/Summer Camp for school-age children
Do you run Rocking Horse Academy? Shortlist has no ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.
Sources and dates
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Who cares for your child
- Staff — rockinghorseacademy.com
What it costs
- Application fee, Deposit, Sibling discount — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals, Sleep, Hours, Closed — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com
- Calendar — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com
- Schedule — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com
Policies
- When a child is sick — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com
- Ages — Checked July 2026 · rockinghorseacademy.com