zReports Research Institute · Updated August 2026
Every daycare in Austin, TX, independently graded A to F from state child care licensing and enforcement records: 299 hold an A range grade, 136 grade below B. Austin's average score is 82.7, 1.8 above the Texas average. The grades are free.
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Active licensed daycares | 572 |
| Austin average records layer score | 82.7 |
| Texas statewide average | 80.9 (Austin +1.8) |
| A range grades | 299 (52.3%) |
| Graded below B | 136 |
| Clean record (no deficiencies on file) | 115 (20.1%) |
| Serious findings on the record | 1,023 |
| Combined licensed capacity | 52,171 |
Austin's 572 licensed daycares average a records layer score of 82.7, 1.8 points above the Texas statewide average of 80.9. 115 of 572 facilities carry a clean record with no deficiencies on the state's file. See the full picture on the Texas Licensed Child Care Rankings & Safety Report.
Licensed child care in Texas is regulated by Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation, which licenses providers, conducts inspections, investigates complaints, and publishes enforcement actions on the public record. Those state filed records, not reviews, are what this page is computed from. One precision note: some programs are legally exempt from licensing in many states (certain school- or church-operated programs, and small home settings under the state’s size threshold) and therefore do not appear on the licensed register at all. This page covers every provider on Texas’s public licensing file.
Austin has 572 active licensed daycares on Texas's public file, with a combined licensed capacity of 52,171. Every one is ranked on this page with a free records layer grade.
Austin's average records layer score is 82.7, 1.8 points above the statewide average of 80.9. 115 of 572 Austin facilities have a clean record with no deficiencies on file.
The free records layer grade contains zero zReports judgment: it maps the government's own published verdicts, state child care licensing and enforcement records, through one fixed rule applied identically nationwide. The paid Consumer Intelligence Report™ adds the composite Consumer Z Score™ and audits the record against public reputation.
No. Facilities are never contacted, never notified, and cannot pay to be listed, delisted, or re-scored. Independence is the product.
This report was generated from the zReports Consumer Records Database™, a continuously updated database that normalizes official government licensing, inspection, enforcement, ownership, and safety records across multiple federal and state agencies. Every statistic in this report is traceable to its originating public record. Facilities cannot pay to alter scores, rankings, or findings.
Data source: zReports Consumer Intelligence Database™ v2026.08 · Built from: Texas child care licensing, inspection & enforcement records · Public consumer review signals (audited, never trusted, in the composite Consumer Z Score™) · Proprietary Consumer Z Score™ methodology · Updated: August 2026
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RANKED NIGHTLY FROM STATE CHILD CARE LICENSING AND ENFORCEMENT RECORDS · FACILITIES ARE NEVER CONTACTED AND CANNOT PAY TO CHANGE SCORES · METHODOLOGY