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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Harmony Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
666
Elementary
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON COUNTY·NCES 130539001769
Harmony Elementary School
934 Harmony Church Rd NE, Monroe, GA 30655 · (770) 267-6574 · Walton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
540 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 56 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
25.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
33.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 31.1% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 27.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 25.5% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Harmony Elementary School
Harmony Elementary School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Elementary School this school | 666 | 81.1% | 29.8% |
| Julia P. Bryant Elementary School Statesboro | 712 | 78.8% | 44.3% |
| Monroe Elementary Monroe | 605 | 79.2% | 31.9% |
| Quail Run Elementary School Warner Robins | 643 | 75.0% | 51.3% |
| David A. Perdue Primary Warner Robins | 716 | 73.9% | N/A |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Valdosta | 756 | 77.6% | 56.5% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harmony Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Walton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #806 of 1,208 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #778 of 1,215 ▼ 66 | #10 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #870 of 1,215 ▼ 128 | #10 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #482 of 1,183 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #443 of 1,324 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #939 of 1,301 | #6 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.8% | #349 of 1,301 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #701 of 1,312 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #670 of 854 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
666
+25 (+4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 728
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 666 | 46.5 | 14.3:1 | 81% (540) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 48.5 | 13.9:1 | 83% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 45.7 | 14.8:1 | 73% (494) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 76% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 46.5 | 15.3:1 | 83% (587) |
| 2015-16 | 721 | 47 | 15.3:1 | 81% (582) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 83% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 848 | 30 | 28.3:1 | 67% (569) |
| 1990-91 | 728 | 47 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (709 to 666); teachers unchanged (46.5 to 46.5).
About Harmony Elementary School
Harmony Elementary School is an elementary school in Monroe, Georgia, reachable at (770) 267-6574. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 666 students enrolled.
District-wide, Walton County has 15 schools and 14,783 students.
Black students make up 43% of enrollment at Harmony Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 41% White, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Walton County's population at about 19%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.3:1 is based on 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. In all, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 56% average among public schools in Walton County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Harmony Elementary School is 35.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.8%.
The county, Walton County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $84,945 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Harmony Elementary School, Walton County has 19 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Carver Middle School is about 3.1 miles from Harmony Elementary School. Other public schools within ten miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 35.6% proficiency; Harmony Elementary School posts 29.8%.
Harmony Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment rose 4% over 4 years, reaching 666 in 2024-25.
People who know Harmony Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Walton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,313
Census ACS
Median income
$84,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
16,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walton County
- Loganville High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Walnut Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Loganville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,320 students
- Monroe Area High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Youth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
- Loganville Elementary SchoolElementary · 951 students
Other schools in Monroe
- Monroe Area High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Carver Middle SchoolMiddle · 914 students
- Atha Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Walker Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 755 students
- Monroe ElementaryElementary · 605 students
Other Harmony Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Harmony Elementary. Harmony Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 18.
- Harmony Elementary SchoolBuford, GA · 614 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolJasper, GA · 509 students
- Harmony ElementaryHemet, CA · 826 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 781 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolGoshen, KY · 584 students
Nearby schools
- Carver Middle School3.1 mi · 914
- Monroe Area High School6.5 mi · 1,233
- Monroe Elementary6.7 mi · 605
- Social Circle Primary School7.3 mi · 523
- Social Circle Elementary School7.6 mi · 436
- Social Circle High School7.9 mi · 629
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Elementary SchoolHow large is Harmony Elementary School?
Harmony Elementary School enrolls approximately 666 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harmony Elementary School serve?
Harmony Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harmony Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harmony Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harmony Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 8% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Harmony Elementary School in?
Harmony Elementary School is part of Walton County.
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