Countryside Montessori
Countryside Montessori is a licensed child care center in Denton, TX, licensed for up to 78 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2009. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 9 times. Inspectors recorded 11 citations, 3 of them high-risk, most often for health & medication (3 of 11). None of them came in the last 12 months. Its last 4 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #23 of 31 centers in Denton and better than 23% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
The operation failed to update the employees who left in 2024 by the cutoff date.
Three children did not have an updated special needs statement.
The opeation has been administering medication to five children not according to the label directions.
The operation has six medications on file at the operation with no medication authorization form.
The operation has not had a fire inspection since July of 2021.
Children were observed freely moving around the operation without appropriate adult supervision. An infant was observed in a room alone while a caregiver was changing another infants diaper in the restroom.
The operations outside active play area has an opening in the fence that is more than 3.5 inches but less than 9 inches wide. Split boards were also observed throughout the play area.
The director does not have an additional required topics for their last training year.
One child is missing the following immunizations: 1 DTAp, 1 HepA, and 1 VAR.
One caregiver does not have the required 8 hours of pre-service training before caring for children.
Garbage cans at the operations was observed to have food contents inside and accessible to children.
About this center
Common questions
Does Countryside Montessori take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Countryside Montessori’s hours?
7 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Countryside Montessori accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
How much does Countryside Montessori cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Countryside Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the North Central Texas area, which includes Denton, is $51.00 a day for infants, $48.80 a day for toddlers and $47.00 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has Countryside Montessori had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 3 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Aug 24, 2023: “Administering Medication - According to Label Directions.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Countryside Montessori compare with other daycares in Denton?
It is tied for #23 of 31 centers in Denton by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 23% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Countryside Montessori last inspected?
Jul 7, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 938906 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.