The Learning Experience
248 W Metro Dr, Leander, TX
4.2· 83 reviews
Kepler Stem School
- licensed capacity
- 142
- open each week
- 5 days
- a week, county median
- $189
- year first permitted
- 2018
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About
About Kepler Stem School
Kepler Stem School is a licensed child care center in Leander, Texas. The state has permitted it since October 23, 2018, for up to 142 children, serving toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
It is open Monday to Friday, 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. It describes a STEM / STEAM approach, with after-school care, pre-k, preschool and toddler care.
Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation made 34 visits in the last 3 years and cited 27 rules across 13 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.
Preschool / pre-KBefore- and after-schoolSTEM / STEAMOpens before 7 AM
Ages served: toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
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- Type
- Child care center
- Ages
- Toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
- Hours today
- Closed today
- Licensed capacity
- 142 children
Hours
Hours
| Monday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Thursday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Friday | 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM |
| Saturday | Not listed |
| SundayToday | Not listed |
Programs
Programs and care
| Ages | Toddlers, preschoolers and school-age childrenFrom the state license. It lists: 18 months to preschool age children in Leander and Cedar Park area |
|---|---|
| Programs | After-school care, pre-k, preschool and toddler care |
| Approach | STEM / STEAM |
| Licensed capacity | 142 childrenFrom the state license |
Cost
Tuition and costs
Kepler Stem School has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time toddler care at a child care center in Williamson County has a median price of $189 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).
Ask the daycare for its ratesIt has not listed its tuition. The county medians below are a starting point.
Infant
Center$202
Home daycare$181
Toddler
Center$189
Home daycare$172
Preschool
Center$183
Home daycare$170
School age
Center$173
Home daycare$160
State record
Inspection reports for Kepler Stem School
License
- Status
- Licensed and operating
- License type
- Full Permit
- Capacity
- 142 children
- Ages
- Toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
- Permit issued
- 2018
- License number
- #1672417
Summary
34 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Sep 21, 2026: no rules cited
Rules cited on 14 of 34 visits · 27 rules in all · 27 corrected
- Discipline and child guidance 7
- Health, medication and illness 6
- Supervision and ratios 5
- Records and paperwork 5
- Staff training and qualifications 3
- Building, equipment and play areas 1
For comparison: 78% of Texas daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 3.
A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
The state lists a corrective action on this permit.
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- Sep 21, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
- Aug 31, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
Jul 30, 2026Inspection1 rule cited
746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based
“One caregiver did not have hands on CPR training.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2026
- Jun 24, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
Jun 16, 2026Visit1 rule cited
746.3301(i) - Nutrition and Food Service - Must not serve identified foods to allergic child
“A child was served egg, and the child had a known egg allergy.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 31, 2026
- May 22, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
May 11, 2026Inspection3 rules cited
746.3407(8) - Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner
“A garbage can in the childrens restroom did not have a lid on it.”
The state verified the correction on May 22, 2026
746.3407(5) - Sanitize Potty-Chairs
“A potty chair was observed unclean.”
The state verified the correction on May 22, 2026
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
“Two children were observed walking unsupervised to take their dishes to the kitchen.”
The state verified the correction on May 22, 2026
May 7, 2026Visit1 rule cited
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
“A child was left unsupervised in the classroom”
The state verified the correction on Jun 24, 2026
- Apr 29, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
- Apr 15, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
Show 29 earlier visits
- Apr 2, 2026VisitNo rules cited
- Mar 10, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
Feb 11, 2026Inspection1 rule cited
746.1011(a) - Director present-Minimum 75%
“One of the directors has not been present for 75% or 30 hours a week for the past 6 months.”
The state verified the correction on Mar 10, 2026
Feb 9, 2026Visit5 rules cited
746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported standards and found to be deficient. The operation did not share the incident report with the parent within 48 hours.”
The state verified the correction on Mar 10, 2026
746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The operation did not report the child that was left unsupervised within the required 2 days.”
The state verified the correction on Mar 10, 2026
746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. The operation did not notify the parent of the incident involving their child being placed at risk immediately as required.”
The state verified the correction on Mar 10, 2026
746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
“This standards was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. The incident report was not completed at the time of the inspection and had to be requested.”
The state verified the correction on Mar 10, 2026
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
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. A child was left outside unsupervised.”
The state verified the correction on Mar 10, 2026
- Jan 22, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
- Dec 22, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Nov 12, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Oct 14, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
Oct 10, 2025Visit1 rule cited
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
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the self-reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver was bringing in the children from outside and failed to follow center policy, this resulted in a child being left outside unsupervised.”
The state verified the correction on Nov 12, 2025
- Sep 8, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Aug 21, 2025VisitNo rules cited
- Aug 6, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
Jul 16, 2025Inspection4 rules cited
746.1003(2) - Director Responsibilities - Employees Comply with Standards
“This standard was found deficient in relation to the DFPS investigation. The director failed to ensure that a caregiver that was previously cited for inappropriate discipline was following safe practices and disciplining the children correctly.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. There was sufficient evidence to support that the caregiver grabbed a child by the arm and pulled the child placing them in the chair forcefully.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. The operation failed to report an incident of a child injured by a caregiver with in the 2 day required timeframe to Child Care Regulation.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
Jul 16, 2025Complaint investigation4 rules cited
746.1003(2) - Director Responsibilities - Employees Comply with Standards
“This standard was found deficient in relation to the DFPS investigation. The director failed to ensure that a caregiver that was previously cited for inappropriate discipline was following safe practices and disciplining the children correctly.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. There was sufficient evidence to support that the caregiver grabbed a child by the arm and pulled the child placing them in the chair forcefully.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation. The operation failed to report an incident of a child injured by a caregiver with in the 2 day required timeframe to Child Care Regulation.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
- Jul 14, 2025VisitNo rules cited
- Jul 3, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
Jul 2, 2025Complaint investigation4 rules cited
746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk
“The operation became aware of an incident that placed a child at risk for injury or harm, but did not report the incident to CCR.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
“One child was placed into a situation that may have caused harm, and the child's parents were not notified.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.2805(5) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
“There was sufficient evidence that a caregiver is yelling at the children.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“One caregiver was observed grabbing and pulling a child.”
The state verified the correction on Aug 6, 2025
- Jun 5, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- May 7, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
- Apr 1, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
Mar 28, 2025Complaint investigation2 rules cited
746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. The caregiver was seen on video foot grabbing a child by the arm and taking the child to a time out.”
The state verified the correction on May 7, 2025
746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation
“The standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegations and found to be deficient. The caregiver had three 2 year olds in time out for a total of 9 minutes.”
The state verified the correction on May 7, 2025
Feb 10, 2025Inspection2 rules cited
746.1105(3) - Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)
“Staff files were reviewed and one file was missing the notarized affidavit.”
The state verified the correction on Feb 12, 2025
746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“Food Allergy Alert Plans were reviewed and three did not have parent signatures.”
The state verified the correction on Feb 12, 2025
Feb 6, 2025Complaint investigation1 rule cited
746.2805 - Prohibited Punishments - No Harsh, Cruel or Unusual
“This standard was reviewed in relation to the reported allegation and found to be deficient. There was sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver was inappropriately disciplining a child with a spray bottle.”
The state verified the correction on Feb 19, 2025
Mar 12, 2024Inspection1 rule cited
746.3809 - Medication No Longer Used
“Three children were observed to have expired medications. This was corrected during the inspection when the director removed the medication and set it aside to return to the parent.”
Corrected during the visit
- Sep 29, 2023InspectionNo rules cited
- Sep 18, 2023VisitNo rules cited
Jun 22, 2023Inspection1 rule cited
746.4003(b) - First Aid Kit - Supplies Not Expired
“During the inspection, first aid kits had supplies that were expired. This was corrected at inspection when the supplies were removed from the kits.”
Corrected during the visit
Sep 15, 2022Inspection1 rule cited
746.613(a) - Required Immunizations
“Out of ten children's records reviewed, one record was missing complete immunizations.”
The state verified the correction on Sep 30, 2022
- Oct 8, 2021InspectionNo rules cited
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FAQ
Questions about Kepler Stem School
Is Kepler Stem School licensed?
Yes. Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation lists it as licensed and operating, with a permit issued October 23, 2018.
When was Kepler Stem School last inspected?
Texas Health and Human Services, Child Care Regulation lists the most recent visit on September 21, 2026, with no rules cited. It lists 34 visits in the last 3 years.
Has Kepler Stem School had rules cited by the state?
Yes. Inspectors cited 27 rules across 14 of 34 visits in the last 3 years; 27 show a correction in the state record. For comparison: 78% of Texas daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 3. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.
How many children can Kepler Stem School care for?
142, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children.
Does Kepler Stem School accept child care subsidies?
The state record does not list it as accepting subsidies. Ask the provider directly.
What are Kepler Stem School's hours?
Monday to Friday, 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM. These are the hours on the state record. Holiday hours can differ.
How much does Kepler Stem School cost?
It has not listed its tuition. Call (512) 308-6335 to ask.
What is Kepler Stem School's phone number?
(512) 308-6335.
Where is Kepler Stem School?
508 Municipal Dr, Leander, TX 78641. The nearest other daycare we list is Camacho YMCA of Central Texas, 0.2 miles away.