Best for a family comparing what tuition covers: five daily enrichments, and after-school through 5th grade.

PreschoolDaycareInfant CareSTEAM
After-School PickupAfter-School CareLocally-Owned
Group classesIndoorSummer campsOngoing enrollmentYear-round
(817) 421-1333
director@excelsouthlake.com
1400 W Southlake Blvd, Southlake, TX 76092
Thu · 7AM – 6PM
Monday7AM – 6PM
Tuesday7AM – 6PM
Wednesday7AM – 6PM
Thursday7AM – 6PM
Friday7AM – 6PM
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
$1,160–$1,210/month (Pre-K)

$1,160–$1,210/month (Pre-K)

All-inclusive monthly Pre-K tuition (ages 3–4). Monthly school-year rates for infants, toddlers and after-school-only enrollment aren't posted online — contact the school. The separate camp site does post weekly summer rates for every classroom from six weeks up, plus a $30 weekly activity fee.

Full-day early education and childcare, Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–6:00 PM, year-round.

Schedule

Full-day early education and childcare, Monday–Friday 7:00 AM–6:00 PM, year-round.

  • Age-based rooms: Infants (6 weeks–18 months), Toddlers (18 months–2½), and Preschool/Pre-K (2½–5), capped at 12 students per class.
  • Curriculum: the Children's Learning Institute (CLI, UTHealth Houston), aligned to TEA standards.
  • Five enrichments — Taekwondo, dance, Spanish, gymnastics, and chess — rotate through each preschool day at no extra charge.
  • An on-site after-school program for preschool through 5th grade, with homework help and pickup from area schools.
Camps
Dates

The summer program runs from late May to early August, with the fall semester starting the following week. The camp runs as themed weekly programs with flexible week-by-week enrollment rather than one continuous block, and the centre posts field trips through each week.

Cost

Most recently published, for summer 2026: full-day camp (8 AM-5 PM) runs $219 a week for three days, $259 for four and $299 for five, with multi-week packages from $836 (four weeks, three days) to $2,739 (eleven weeks, five days) and an $80 drop-in day. Vendor-run specialty camps - chess, karate, soccer and princess dance - are $130-$200 a week, or $280-$350 bundled with the Excel camp. Pre-K summer rates are set per classroom and by days per week, $178-$355, plus a $30 weekly activity fee. All of it is published on the school's separate camp site rather than its main site.

Our take

Excel Academy is an independently owned, single-site preschool on West Southlake Boulevard — not a franchise, which shows in how the day is put together. It runs full-day, 7 AM to 6 PM, year-round, on the Children's Learning Institute curriculum out of UTHealth Houston (a specific, research-based program aligned to Texas Education Agency standards), and it carries the state's top child-care quality rating, Texas Rising Star four stars.

The age span runs from infants at six weeks through Pre-K, in small rooms capped around a dozen children, then continues into an on-site after-school program for kids up through 5th grade. What sets the preschool day apart is that five enrichments — Taekwondo, dance, Spanish, gymnastics, and chess — rotate through it as part of tuition rather than à-la-carte add-ons, and children get hot, made-on-site meals. Parents follow the day through the Procare app.

Who it's for: families who want an independent preschool that teaches to a set curriculum with a genuinely full day and enrichment included, rather than a franchise or a part-day program. The after-school side, with pickup from area schools, makes it a fit for a household that needs one place to cover a preschooler now and an older sibling after dismissal. Pre-K tuition is posted; rates for the infant, toddler, and after-school-only options are not, so ask.

Local Tips

The practical draw here is that the five daily enrichments — Taekwondo, dance, Spanish, gymnastics, chess — are woven into the school day at no added charge, which is worth pricing against anywhere that bills them as extras. A few more things:

  • Classes are small (toddler and Pre-K rooms cap at about 12), and the curriculum is named: the Children's Learning Institute program from UTHealth Houston, which you can look up.
  • The on-site after-school program runs preschool through 5th grade with homework help and transport from area schools, so a preschooler and an older sibling can land in the same place.
  • Meals are hot and made on-site, and daily photos/updates come through the Procare app.
  • Enrollment is a tour (booked through the site) plus an application; ask about openings by age band, since rooms are capped.
Credentials

Excel Academy is a facility-based, independently owned preschool licensed by Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC). It holds a Texas Rising Star four-star rating, the top tier of the state's child-care quality-rating system. The curriculum is the Children's Learning Institute (CLI) program from UTHealth Houston, aligned to Texas Education Agency standards. Teaching staff are described as certified and experienced, with more than 100 hours of in-house training and professional development a year, and the school operates under standard HHSC licensing (background checks, ratios, health and safety protocols).

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