Step Charter II

Located in HOUSTON, Texas, Step Charter II is a small elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 324 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.

STEP CHARTER SCHOOL, which runs Step Charter II, has 3 schools and 693 students.

The student body at Step Charter II is 82% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 16% Black. Harris County's residents are about 44% Hispanic, 38 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Step Charter II counts 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 16.1 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 16.1:1 here. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.

A school with Step Charter II's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 36.1%. Step Charter II scores 40.2%, 4.1 points above that line.

In the county around the school, Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Harris County is home to 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 public school students.

The closest public school, Southwest Public Schools Int'l Leadership Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile from Step Charter II. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Step Charter II ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.

Step Charter II falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Step Charter II is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.

Federal data put enrollment at 220 in 2020-21 and 324 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.

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