Valley Hi Baptist Academy
Valley Hi Baptist Academy is a licensed child care center in San Antonio, TX, licensed for up to 50 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 1986. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 32 times and investigated 5 reports. Inspectors recorded 55 citations, 19 of them high-risk, most often for building & playground safety (11 of 55). 6 citations came in the last 12 months. 7% were corrected during the inspection itself. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #424 of 476 centers in San Antonio and better than 9% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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2 children's records were missing health statements for their records
One caregiver was missing five clock hours on their annual training requirement hours.
Director was missing two out thirty clock hours of annual training.
Eight out of nine children files were missing information on health statements, special needs, emergency medical attention, release of children, emergency contact address, and parent s rights.
The operation did not report the number of employees who ceased employment in 2025 by the required date of January 15, 2026.
The grass area on the playground was out grown.
The infant room was observed of having dead cockroaches and debris behind the shelves, milk crate, child size sofa, sitting stools, and between the wall and cabinet. There was a dead cricket in the dining hall under the rolling cart. There were dead cockroaches and crickets on the floor with collected debris. There was a spider with its spider web on the windowsill, dust and dead cockroach.
The toddler classroom is currently under renovations and has been moved to another room where there is no hand wash sink. There is a diaper changing station in the classroom in which caregiver stated they use hand sanitizer after diapering. Note. A portable hand wash sink was added to the classroom.
The toddler classroom has a diaper changing station and no hand wash sink.
There was a basket filled with monster trucks designated for children ages 3 years and older. The youngest child in the classroom was two years old.
The infant area has two rooms adjacent; one side with cribs and the other with toys, infant furniture and diaper changing station. The room with the cribs was dark during naptime and had two infants sleeping in their cribs. Note. This was corrected when the caregiver opened the curtain to allow light in the room.
The infant room was observed of having dead cockroaches on the floor and window seal, spider webs, used Q-tip, and debris on long the side of the wall and also on one crib mattress. There were other classrooms also with dead cockroaches on the floor.
The infant caregiver walked out of the classroom to open the front door, leaving two infants alone while they were sleeping in their cribs.
The operation does not have liability insurance and they had no proof of notifying the parents that the opeation does not currently have liability insurance. Note. The parent handbook has a date stamp of 9/19/2025 of being modified.
There was a hole on the wall exposing electrical wires to an outlet. This poses a risk to any infant, but especially the one who is laid down on a crib within hands reach.
The operation does not have liability insurance and there was no posting or any other notification staying they have no liability insurance.
The toddler classroom for 18-23 month old children had magnetic Bingo chips designated for ages 3 and up. Note. Although the classroom has a combine group of children ages 2 -4 years old, the classroom is still considered and approved for the toddler children. Therefore, the toys and equipment must meet age appropriate guidelines.
At the time of the walk through inspection, a group of children in the infant classroom were observed having screen time. One child was two years old.
The trash can in classroom #5 had the lid removed and found inside the can. There was a trash bag filled with garbage that was not taken out on the last operating business day. Classroom #4 was observed with several different sizes of dead cockroaches on the table, tile floor and rugs. Note. This was corrected at inspection when the trash bag was removed and replaced with a new bag and lid placed over the can.
The restrooms located in the hallway did not have soap in the dispensers. Note. This was corrected at inspection when the soap dispenser was refilled.
The operation recently had their chain link fence replaced, leaving several areas with at least a 10-inch gap from ground to fence.
At the time of inspection, one infant did not have a current feeding log for the month of June. The infant went from drinking breast milk to formula.
A caregiver disregarded the feeding log a parent had recently updated for the month of April and served an 8-month-old infant cranberry juice. The juice was not listed on the feeding log.
An infant's feeding instruction was not followed when a staff served an infant cranberry juice.
There were no feeding logs available for review in the infant classroom for infants not yet eating table food.
The files of three out of four children were reviewed and had missing vaccinations according to their age.
The transportation van did not have the child safety alarm in operating conditions.
Two infants feeding instructions were filled with information on the type of formula, number of bottles and ounces to service, but did not have the date and parent signature.
The staff files were reviewed and found incomplete. Staff did not have the required annual training hours.
Six out of seven staff files reviewed did not have annual training hours. One of those staff files was the infant caregiver who did not have SID's, Shaken Baby, Brain Development and Child Maltreat training.
The gas inspection has not be conducted since November 2021.
Training hours for the caregivers were not available for review.
The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review.
The operation did not have a current gas inspection available for review.
The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review.
The operation did not have a current gas inspection available for review.
Training hours for the caregivers were not available for review.
A caregiver who was caring for children did not have an eligible background check.
The second director had not been submitted as a controlling person. Note: This was CORRECTED AT INSPECTION when the second director submitted herself as a controlling person through the provider portal.
Training hours for the caregivers were not available for review.
The operation did not have a current gas inspection available for review.
The operation did not have a current fire inspection available for review.
School age children were observed walking from the playground back inside the building to use the bathroom or allow parents into the building while the caregiver stood between the door of the playground and the building.
An infant caregiver had children eating snack watching Cocomelon on a tablet.
An 18month old child and a 2 year old child were observed eating popcorn which is a choking hazard.
The second director has not been submitted as a controlling person. She was listed as a director in November 2023.
Training hours for the caregivers were not available for review.
There was a four month old infant sleeping on a restrictive device inside the crib with a blue fleece blanket. Note: Corrected on 5/22/2023 during inspection, when caregiver removed the infant from the restrictive device and out of the crib.
The fire inspection was delinquent as of 11/10/22.
While reviewing children's records, 1 of 6 children's files did not have a medical authorization section filled out and signed by parent.
Snacks were observed being served on bare table for 2 infants during snack time.
During inspection it was observed that a 3 month old infant who is not able to turn on her own was asleep in the crib on her stomach.
The operation did not have a current fire inspection. The last fire inspection was conducted 9/3/2020.
During inspection it was observed that a 3 month old was asleeping in the crib with a blanket inside the crib.
The center did not have a current gas inspection. The last gas inspection was conducted 6/14/2019.
About this center
Common questions
Does Valley Hi Baptist Academy take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are Valley Hi Baptist Academy’s hours?
6 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does Valley Hi Baptist Academy accept child care subsidies?
Not according to its state licensing record. Ask the center directly, since participation can change.
How much does Valley Hi Baptist Academy cost?
Texas does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Valley Hi Baptist Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-day price at licensed centers in the Alamo area, which includes San Antonio, is $42.00 a day for infants, $40.40 a day for toddlers and $39.20 a day for 3-year-olds (2025 Texas Child Care Market Rate Survey).
Has Valley Hi Baptist Academy had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 19 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Sep 19, 2025: “Care Requirements for Toddlers - Free from Choking Objects That May Cause Choking in Infants or Toddlers.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does Valley Hi Baptist Academy compare with other daycares in San Antonio?
It is tied for #424 of 476 centers in San Antonio by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 9% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was Valley Hi Baptist Academy last inspected?
Sep 17, 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 219495 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.