Recent movement
Overall score rose 2 points
84 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 86 is 5.7 points above the 80.3 average among 371 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
Open-enrollment charter campus
Step Charter Elem
Step Charter School · Houston · 296 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 86/1002025-26
- Change
- −8 ptssince 2021-22
- Score vs similar economic context
- +5.7 ptsvs 80.3 average · 371 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 135 of 371tied with 9 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- +6.2 ptsvs 79.8 average · 238 similarly sized rated charter campuses
- Similar size placement
- 81 of 238tied with 8 others
- Score vs state
- +4.3 ptsvs 81.7 average · 829 rated Texas charter campuses
- Texas charter placement
- 335 of 829tied with 30 others
B86
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 92 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 80.3 average for 371 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is above the 79.8 average for 238 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Recent domain gain
School Progress rose 5 points
85 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 8.8 points above the 81.2 average among 371 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 54%vs 40.4% avg · +13.6 pts
- Masters
- 29%vs 15.2% avg · +13.8 pts
Among 371 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 2 points
84 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 86 is 6.2 points above the 79.8 average among 238 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
School Progress rose 5 points
85 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 10.7 points above the 79.3 average among 238 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above similar-size averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 54%vs 44.1% avg · +9.9 pts
- Masters
- 29%vs 18.3% avg · +10.7 pts
Among 238 similarly sized charter campuses reporting this measure.
See the full measureRecent movement
Overall score rose 2 points
84 to 86 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 86 is 4.3 points above the 81.7 average among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
Recent domain gain
School Progress rose 5 points
85 to 90 2024-25 to 2025-26
- 90 is 8.7 points above the 81.3 average among 823 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
STAAR result
All Subjects above Texas charter averages at Meets and Masters
- Meets
- 54%vs 45.5% avg · +8.5 pts
- Masters
- 29%vs 18.8% avg · +10.2 pts
Among 829 Texas charter campuses reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Step Charter Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 80.3 average for 371 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 135th of 371 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 9 others).
Step Charter Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 79.8 average for 238 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 81st of 238 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 8 others).
Step Charter Elem is rated B by TEA, scoring 86 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is down 8 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 335th of 829 rated Texas charter campuses (tied with 30 others).
Put the numbers in context
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5 years of ratings
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 92 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
View the yearly scores and comparisons
| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas charter average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | B | 86 | 80.3 371 reporting | 81.7 829 reporting |
| 2024-25 | B | 84 | 78.6 365 reporting | 81.3 797 reporting |
| 2023-24 | B | 83 | 76.1 356 reporting | 79.5 776 reporting |
| 2022-23 | B | 83 | 75.7 346 reporting | 79.6 749 reporting |
| 2021-22 | A | 94 | 83.3 326 reporting | 84.5 700 reporting |
Where the score comes from
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
- Step Charter Elem
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (371 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | 83 | B | 7 |
| School Progress | 90 | A | — |
| Closing the Gaps | 76 | C | 4 |
| Academic Growth | 75 | C | 5 |
| Relative Performance | 90 | A | — |
Closest to moving up: Closing the Gaps, 4 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (90), so Student Achievement (83) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 90.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
- Approaches grade level
- Meets grade level
- Masters grade level
- Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (371 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 296
- Economically disadvantaged
- 92.6%+1.8 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 60.5%+16.5 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 5.4%−7.3 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- 94.6%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
- Chronically absent
- 14.9%−9.1 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Step Charter Elem
- African American 14.5%
- Hispanic 56.8%
- White 3.7%
- American Indian 1.7%
- Asian 22%
- Two or More Races 1.4%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 371 reporting for every category shown · 371 in full cohort
- African American 18.6%
- Hispanic 74.9%
- White 3.4%
- American Indian 0.2%
- Asian 1.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 1.3%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 238 reporting for every category shown · 238 in full cohort
- African American 22.2%
- Hispanic 57.2%
- White 12.6%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.7%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.8%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- African American 17.5%
- Hispanic 61.8%
- White 12.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.5%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 2.5%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 296
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 274
- Emergent bilingual students
- 179
- Special education students
- 16
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- 38
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- 277
- TEA-published mobility rate
- 13.7%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 296 students in 2025–26, an increase of 3 (1.0%) from 2024–25.
- Latest enrollment
- 296
2025–26
- Change from 2024–25
- +3
Increase · +1.0%
- Change since 2021–22
- +9
Increase · +3.1%
Enrollment in 2025–26
- This school
- 296
- Selected comparison
- 508.4
| School year | Students enrolledStep Charter Elem | Change from previous school year | Average enrollmentselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | 287 | First available year | 484.8 |
| 2022–23 | 271 | Decrease of 16 (5.6%) | 499.8 |
| 2023–24 | 292 | Increase of 21 (7.7%) | 510 |
| 2024–25 | 293 | Increase of 1 (0.3%) | 509.9 |
| 2025–26 | 296 | Increase of 3 (1.0%) | 508.4 |
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
- Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Not reported
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 316
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | 319 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 330 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 236 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 306 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 316 | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary JJAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Discretionary expulsions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
- Step Charter Elem
- Parent district: Step Charter School
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $13,635
- Selected comparison
- $11,977
For 2025, TEA reported $13,635 per student for this campus, $15,211 per student for its parent district, Step Charter School, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Step Charter Elem | Parent district: Step Charter School | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $9,455 | $10,930 | $13,054 | $8,599 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 222 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2019 | $10,051 | $11,456 | $13,108 | $8,615 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 279 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2020 | $11,691 | $12,686 | $14,058 | $9,210 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 295 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2021 | $13,441 | $14,112 | $14,797 | $9,607 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 319 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2022 | $11,980 | $13,347 | $15,708 | $11,544 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 337 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2023 | $14,944 | $15,604 | $16,792 | $11,539 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 347 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2024 | $13,745 | $16,224 | $18,125 | $11,548 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 356 rated charter campuses reporting |
| 2025 | $13,635 | $15,211 | $18,972 | $11,977 | average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 367 rated charter campuses reporting |
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
- Average salary
- $71,963+$7,919 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 19−9.9 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 15.4−2.4 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Step Charter Elem
- Beginning 37.8%
- 1 to 5 years 25.9%
- 6 to 10 years 10.4%
- 11 to 20 years 20.7%
- 21 to 30 years 5.2%
Selected comparison average For charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 371 reporting for every category shown · 371 in full cohort
- Beginning 13.2%
- 1 to 5 years 47.4%
- 6 to 10 years 19.7%
- 11 to 20 years 14.6%
- 21 to 30 years 4.3%
- Over 30 years 0.8%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized charter campuses · 238 reporting for every category shown · 238 in full cohort
- Beginning 12.3%
- 1 to 5 years 41.6%
- 6 to 10 years 20.4%
- 11 to 20 years 16.5%
- 21 to 30 years 5.5%
- Over 30 years 1.2%
Texas charter average 829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
- Beginning 13%
- 1 to 5 years 44.3%
- 6 to 10 years 19.6%
- 11 to 20 years 15.4%
- 21 to 30 years 4.8%
- Over 30 years 0.9%
Average students in a class
| Grade or subject | Average students per classStep Charter Elem · 2024–25 | Average students per classselected comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18.5 | 21.6 |
| Grade 1 | 18.5 | 21.9 |
| Grade 2 | 15.2 | 22.8 |
| Grade 3 | 18.5 | 24.1 |
| Grade 4 | 15.6 | 24.2 |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 23.6 |
| Grade 6 | 18.5 | 23.2 |
| Secondary English | 21 | 18.9 |
| Secondary languages other than English | 21 | 17.8 |
| Secondary math | 21 | 19.4 |
| Secondary science | 21 | 20.2 |
| Secondary social studies | 21 | 20.3 |
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 12 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
Where this school ranks best
Out of 72 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.
#4–10 rankings
Fourth- through tenth-place results
1 measure
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10of 371
Reading — Approaches
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 371 that report this measure · tied with 4
Other top-5% rankings
High placements in larger reporting groups
2 measures
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11of 349
Science — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 349 that report this measure · tied with 1
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18of 371
All Subjects — Masters
Similar economic-disadvantage rate · of the 371 that report this measure · tied with 6
These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.
Where this comes from
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
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