🏆 Ranked #19 in Cedar Park / Leander / Liberty Hill · 6.5 / 10 overall
Awards Earned
Best for Safety
Earned the highest safety score in Cedar Park / Leander / Liberty Hill. Our safety dimension weighs inspection history, deficiency records, and parent-reported safety culture across reviews.
Full Ranking Detail
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Good Earth Farm School is a nature-based, Waldorf and LifeWays-inspired farm school serving infants through school-age children on nearly 2 acres in east Leander, Texas. The center's curriculum emphasizes whole-child education through seasonal activities and free creative play across creative, domestic, nurturing, and social arts—with hands-on programs including gardening, vegetable harvesting, animal care, woodworking, sewing, and baking homemade bread. On-site vegetarian and fresh homemade meals are provided, and extended care runs from 7:15 AM to 5:15 PM; an afterschool program serves ages 5–12 and a parent–child playgroup accommodates younger siblings. With zero high-severity HHSC deficiencies on its compliance record, the center operates year-round and maintains a strong regulatory standing.
Safety9.0
Curriculum7.0
Art / Music5.0
Infant care7.0
Kindergarten readiness7.0
Teacher quality6.0
Compassion6.0
Management6.0
Culture6.0
Extracurriculars6.0
Programs & curriculum
Curriculum & approach: Waldorf and LifeWays North America-inspired, nature-based farm school emphasizing whole-child education, balancing free creative play with structured seasonal activities across creative, domestic, nurturing, and social arts. Not religiously affiliated; takes cues from nature.
Programs & activities: Gardening and vegetable harvesting, baking homemade bread, on-site farm animal care, daily outdoor play, cooking, sewing, and woodworking. Programs include an afterschool program (ages 5-12) and a parent-child playgroup (Seedlings, 18 months-3 years).
What sets it apart: Set on nearly 2 acres with outdoor play yards, community garden, and animal pens. Year-round operation; regular hours 8:15am-3:15pm with extended care 7:15am-5:15pm; on-site meals provided with vegetarian, fresh, homemade options; waitlist up to 18 months with a $50 fee.
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