Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IREDELL-STATESVILLE SCHOOLS·NCES 370231000987
Harmony Elementary
139 Harmony School Road, Harmony, NC 28634 · (980) 781-3058 · Iredell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
368 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 82%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
51.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
68.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 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 North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
63.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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
Harmony Elementary's state test result (63.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Elementary this school | 371 | 99.2% | 63.9% |
| Plain View Elementary Dunn | 362 | 99.2% | 57.2% |
| Burnsville Elementary Burnsville | 350 | 99.1% | 48.0% |
| Candler Elementary Candler | 381 | 99.2% | 60.3% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary Lowgap | 348 | 99.1% | 55.0% |
| Hasty Elementary Thomasville | 385 | 99.2% | 70.1% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Iredell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.9% | #380 of 1,297 | #9 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.5% | #381 of 1,296 | #8 of 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.9% | #548 of 1,300 | #11 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #991 of 1,485 | #20 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #488 of 1,377 | #13 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #920 of 1,379 | #18 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #510 of 1,414 | #8 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #403 of 937 | #7 of 14 |
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
371
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 371 | 26.4 | 14.1:1 | 99% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 26.4 | 13.4:1 | 99% (352) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 25.9 | 13.9:1 | 70% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 55% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 27 | 16.2:1 | 63% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 64% (269) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 30 | 16.0:1 | 65% (311) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 26 | 20.1:1 | 42% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 23 | 22.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (437 to 371); teachers down 2% (27 to 26.4).
About Harmony Elementary
Harmony Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Harmony, North Carolina. The school counted 371 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 21% below the average for elementary schools in North Carolina.
In Iredell-Statesville Schools, 38 schools enroll a combined 21,017 students.
White students are 62% of those enrolled at Harmony Elementary. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Iredell County's population at about 74%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
With 26.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.1:1. Elementary schools in North Carolina have an average ratio of 14.9:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Harmony Elementary, 99% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 61% average among public schools in Iredell County.
Harmony Elementary earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
A school with Harmony Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in North Carolina is predicted to score 48.5%. Harmony Elementary scores 63.9%, 15.4 points above that line.
The county, Iredell County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $81,419 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Harmony Elementary, Iredell County has 52 public schools.
Harmony Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Agriculture and Science Early College, about 5.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within ten miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Harmony Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 9% over 4 years, reaching 371 in 2024-25.
People who know Harmony Elementary can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Iredell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
196,544
Census ACS
Median income
$81,419
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
31,906 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iredell-Statesville Schools
- Lake Norman HighHigh · 1,905 students
- South Iredell HighHigh · 1,768 students
- Statesville HighHigh · 991 students
- North Iredell HighHigh · 983 students
- Troutman ElementaryElementary · 902 students
- Coddle Creek ElementaryElementary · 808 students
Other Harmony Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Harmony Elementary. Harmony Elementary is the 12th largest of the 18.
- Harmony ElementaryHemet, CA · 826 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 781 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolMonroe, GA · 666 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolBuford, GA · 614 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolGoshen, KY · 584 students
Nearby schools
- Agriculture and Science Early College5.7 mi · 255
- North Iredell High5.7 mi · 983
- North Iredell Middle5.7 mi · 556
- Union Grove Elementary6.6 mi · 247
- Cool Spring Elementary8.3 mi · 447
- William R Davie Elementary8.6 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Harmony Elementary?
Harmony Elementary enrolls approximately 371 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Harmony Elementary serve?
Harmony Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Harmony Elementary have?
Harmony Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Harmony Elementary?
Student demographics at Harmony Elementary are roughly 62% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Harmony Elementary in?
Harmony Elementary is part of Iredell-Statesville Schools.
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