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What's one thing Harmony Middle gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
536
Middle
DISTRICT 570 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE VALLEY·NCES 201200000012
Harmony Middle
10101 W. 141st St., Overland Park, KS 66221 · (913) 239-5200 · Johnson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Kansas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
64 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 194 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 29% |
| Grade 8 | 185 | 35% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
68.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
68.8%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.5% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 53.9% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
57.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Middle
Harmony Middle's state test result (57.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Middle this school | 536 | 11.9% | 57.2% |
| Overland Trail Middle Overland Park | 540 | 21.3% | 54.4% |
| Pleasant Ridge Middle Overland Park | 581 | 10.0% | 60.5% |
| Prairie Star Middle Leawood | 438 | 8.7% | 64.4% |
| Lakewood Middle Overland Park | 537 | 8.8% | 63.5% |
| Aubry Bend Middle School Overland Park | 792 | 5.6% | 64.0% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #13 of 192 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #8 of 192 | #7 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #7 of 192 | #7 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #74 of 225 | #26 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #97 of 161 | #23 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.5% | #57 of 161 | #12 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #187 of 195 | #24 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #77 of 98 | #17 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
536
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 670
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 536 | 39.6 | 13.5:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 38.2 | 13.3:1 | 11% (54) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 37.1 | 14.0:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2020-21 | 555 | 32 | 17.3:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 38.2 | 14.7:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 38 | 15.0:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 557 | 36 | 15.5:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 46 | 14.6:1 | 0% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (560 to 536); teachers up 4% (38.2 to 39.6).
About Harmony Middle
Harmony Middle is the name of a mid-sized middle school in Overland Park, Kansas. Its enrollment is 536 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 402 students for middle schools in Kansas.
Enrollment across the 37 schools in Blue Valley totals 22,225 students.
Federal enrollment data show Harmony Middle is 63% White. Other groups make up 20% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 13.5 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Harmony Middle, which has 39.6. Middle schools in Kansas have an average ratio of 12.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 12%. Public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
Harmony Middle holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 92% of Kansas public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.5%.
The county, Johnson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $109,208 a year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Johnson County has 168 public schools with about 93,598 students, including Harmony Middle.
Among nearby public schools, Harmony Elementary is closest at about 0.2 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Harmony Middle. On state test proficiency, Harmony Middle ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 536, down from 555 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.5:1, from 17.3:1.
People who know Harmony Middle can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Blue Valley
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley HighHigh · 1,396 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
- Blue Valley Southwest High SchoolHigh · 1,057 students
- Aubry Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Overland Park
- Shawnee Mission West HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Shawnee Mission South HighHigh · 1,574 students
- Blue Valley West HighHigh · 1,534 students
- Shawnee Mission North HighHigh · 1,502 students
- Blue Valley Northwest HighHigh · 1,496 students
- Blue Valley North HighHigh · 1,376 students
Other Harmony Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Harmony Middle. Harmony Middle is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- HARMONY MIDDLE SCHOOLST CLOUD, FL · 1,165 students
- Harmony MiddleHamilton, VA · 1,115 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Elementary0.2 mi · 562
- Sunset Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 396
- Blue Valley Northwest High1.3 mi · 1,496
- Cottonwood Point Elementary1.5 mi · 352
- Morse Elementary1.9 mi · 338
- Bentwood Elem1.9 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony MiddleHow large is Harmony Middle?
Harmony Middle enrolls approximately 536 students in grades 06-08.
Is Harmony Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harmony Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harmony Middle is approximately 13.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harmony Middle?
Student demographics at Harmony Middle are roughly 63% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Harmony Middle public or private?
Harmony Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Blue Valley.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.