United Step Academy
Public high school, grades 6 to 12 · Rio Bravo, Texas
United Step Academy in Rio Bravo, Texas enrolled 167 students in 2024-25 with 22.0 full-time teachers, 7.6 students per teacher against the Texas high-school median of 14.0. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 31% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 13%
243 students in 2022-23, 182 students in 2023-24, 167 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 19.4 to 22.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 243 | 19.4 | 12.5 |
| 2023-24 | 182 | 20.0 | 9.1 |
| 2024-25 | 167 | 22.0 | 7.6 |
7.6 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 92 of every 100 Texas high schools
Among the 1,824 Texas high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 14.0; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
One counselor per 72 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection United Step Academy enrolled 144 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 39 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 72 of the 144 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions39
- Chronically absentnot reported for this school
Who attends
100.0% of students were Hispanic in 2024-25.
- Hispanic100.0%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
What to look at next about United Step Academy
- Lyndon B JohnsonThe nearest public high school, 4.9 miles away: 3,240 students, 15.8 per teacher (2024-25).4.9 mi
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo SouthThe next nearest public high school, 5.8 miles away: 129 students, 18.5 per teacher (2024-25).5.8 mi
- Compare United Step Academy with Lyndon B JohnsonStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much United ISD spends per student$12,037 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$12,037
- The largest public schools in TexasUnited Step Academy is the number 1,405 by size of 2,039 Texas high schools open in 2024-25.#1,405 of 2,039
- Texas schools by students per teacher7.6 students per teacher here against the Texas median of 14.0 for high schools.7.6:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about United Step Academy
How many students attend United Step Academy?
167 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 243 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Rio Bravo, TX.What is the student-teacher ratio at United Step Academy?
7.6 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Texas median for high schools is 14.0. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is United Step Academy a Title I school?
United Step Academy ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.What district is United Step Academy in?
United ISD, NCES district ID 4843650. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 484365008405 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.