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United Step Academy

Webb County · Region 01: Edinburg · 201 students

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Not Rated

At a glance

TEA did not issue an overall rating for United Step Academy for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this school is below.

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TEA did not issue an overall rating for United Step Academy for 2025-26. Everything TEA did publish for this school is below.

TEA did not issue an overall rating for this school. Scores below are the figures TEA published; the letter grades are the state's where it issued them.

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas average 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years.

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
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26Not Rated—77.6 1,924 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25Not Rated—77.3 1,907 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24Not Rated—73.8 1,889 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23Not Rated—73.3 1,884 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22Not Rated—81.9 1,859 reporting83.7 7,283 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.

  • Student Achievement—Not reported · similar economic context 70.2 · 1,781 reporting
  • School Progress—Not reported · similar economic context 78.8 · 1,778 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps—Not reported · similar economic context 75 · 1,768 reporting
  • Academic Growth—Not reported · similar economic context 73.2 · 1,755 reporting
  • Relative Performance—Not reported · similar economic context 76.7 · 1,777 reporting
  • United Step Academy
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,924 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement—Not rated—
School Progress—Not rated—
Closing the Gaps—Not rated—
Academic Growth—Not rated—
Relative Performance—Not rated—

The scores above are the ones TEA published. TEA did not issue letter grades for this school, so none are shown: the A–F thresholds marked on the chart are the state's, but applying them here would produce a grade the state chose to withhold.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 66.4% · 1,781 reporting
  • Meets grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 40.5% · 1,781 reporting
  • Masters grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 16.1% · 1,781 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 66% · 1,777 reporting
  • Meets grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 39% · 1,777 reporting
  • Masters grade level—Not reported · Similar economic-disadvantage rate 15% · 1,777 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,924 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 schools 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 schools 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
201
Economically disadvantaged
94.0%+2.3 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
62.7%+21.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
27.4%+9.9 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
85.9%−7.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
42.3%+19.1 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

United Step Academy

Hispanic: 100%
  • Hispanic 100%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting for every category shown · 1,924 in full cohort

African American: 15%Hispanic: 76.9%White: 5.1%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.2%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 1.5%
  • African American 15%
  • Hispanic 76.9%
  • White 5.1%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 1.5%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
201
Economically disadvantaged students
189
Emergent bilingual students
126
Special education students
55

TEA context labels

  • Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP)

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
1,025
Students in TEA mobility denominator
1,026
TEA-published mobility rate
99.9%

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 201 students in 2025–26, an increase of 34 (20.4%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
201

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+34

Increase · +20.4%

Change since 2021–22
+57

Increase · +39.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
201
Selected comparison
563.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,905 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for United Step Academy
School yearStudents enrolledUnited Step AcademyChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 144 First available year 611.2
2022–23 243 Increase of 99 (68.8%) 607.2
2023–24 182 Decrease of 61 (25.1%) 597.4
2024–25 167 Decrease of 15 (8.2%) 590.2
2025–26 201 Increase of 34 (20.4%) 563.6

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools 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
321

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
733

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
Not reported

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for United Step Academy
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2021–22 Not reported 147 — 269 — — —
2022–23 Not reported 358 — 764 — — —
2023–24 Not reported 344 — 827 — — —
2024–25 Not reported 321 — 733 — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for United Step Academy in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 321 — 733 — — —
In-school suspensions 95 — 156 — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 164 — 289 — — —
DAEP placements 188 — 228 — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements 141 — 172 — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements 56 — 56 — — —
JJAEP placements 47 — 53 — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
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 schools 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.

$7k$18k$29k2018202020232025
  • United Step Academy
  • Parent district: United ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$19,773
Selected comparison
$13,225

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,906 rated schools reporting

+$6,548 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $19,773 per student for this campus, $14,348 per student for its parent district, United ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearUnited Step AcademyParent district: United ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$25,887$13,187$13,054$8,350 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,812 rated schools reporting
2019$28,004$12,568$13,108$8,358 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,837 rated schools reporting
2020$23,806$12,004$14,058$8,864 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,841 rated schools reporting
2022$18,156$15,006$15,708$11,281 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,860 rated schools reporting
2023$13,539$14,779$16,792$11,836 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,884 rated schools reporting
2024$17,631$15,029$18,125$12,689 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,893 rated schools reporting
2025$19,773$14,348$18,972$13,225 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,906 rated schools 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
$63,614−$4,813 vs similar economic context
Teachers
22−17.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
9.2−5.5 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

United Step Academy

Beginning: 4.5%1 to 5 years: 18.2%6 to 10 years: 9.1%11 to 20 years: 40.9%21 to 30 years: 27.3%
  • Beginning 4.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 18.2%
  • 6 to 10 years 9.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 40.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 27.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting for every category shown · 1,924 in full cohort

Beginning: 7.5%1 to 5 years: 27%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 14.9%Over 30 years: 3.4%
  • Beginning 7.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 27%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 14.9%
  • Over 30 years 3.4%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for United Step Academy in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classUnited Step Academy · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English215.1
Secondary math3.816.8

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 2 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 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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 240903004.