Step Charter III

Step Charter III is an elementary school located in HOUSTON, Texas, in Harris County. The school serves kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 76 students. It has 85% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).

The district, STEP CHARTER SCHOOL, operates 3 schools serving 693 students.

The student body at Step Charter III has no majority group. Black students lead at 50%. The next largest groups are 39% Hispanic and 7% White. The school's Black share is 31 points above the 19% share among Harris County residents. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at Step Charter III are from different groups.

Its staff includes 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.3 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 4.8 students per teacher. Roughly 78% of students at Step Charter III can receive free or reduced-price lunch.

American Community Survey estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Step Charter III.

Step Charter III is about 0.3 miles from Gross Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Step Charter III is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. Step Charter III is a publicly funded charter school.

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