Enrollment
124
Elementary
DISTRICT 194 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY ISD·NCES 482256009082
Harmony Intermediate School
9788 STATE HWY 154 W, BIG SANDY, TX 75755 · (903) 725-7077 · Upshur County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL124 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Texas 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
65 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 57 | 46% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 54% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HARMONY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 31.0% | 29.0% | 19.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 60.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 30.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Intermediate School
Harmony Intermediate School's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Intermediate School this school | 124 | 52.4% | 54.9% |
| Ector Elementary School ECTOR | 124 | 55.6% | 39.0% |
| Stonewall Elementary School STONEWALL | 106 | 50.0% | 57.3% |
| Cumby Collegiate Elementary School CUMBY | 127 | 58.3% | N/A |
| Morgan Mill Elementary School STEPHENVILLE | 127 | 44.9% | 37.6% |
| White Deer Elementary School WHITE DEER | 166 | 50.6% | 43.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Upshur County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #1,076 of 4,401 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,580 of 4,466 ▼ 210 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,441 of 4,466 ▼ 895 | #3 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #875 of 3,998 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 124 | #4,797 of 4,938 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.4% | #3,484 of 4,789 | #7 of 9 |
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
124
-53 (-30%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 149
Student : Teacher
8.0:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 124 | 15.5 | 8.0:1 | 52% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 158 | 16.4 | 9.7:1 | 64% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 156 | 13 | 12.0:1 | 57% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 177 | 14 | 12.6:1 | 47% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 174 | 12.1 | 14.4:1 | 45% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 170 | 12 | 14.2:1 | 54% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 149 | 10 | 14.9:1 | 52% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (174 to 124); teachers up 28% (12.1 to 15.5).
About Harmony Intermediate School
Harmony Intermediate School is a very small elementary school serving families in BIG SANDY, Texas. It offers grades 4 through 5 and has 124 students enrolled. That is 76% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
HARMONY ISD enrolls 895 students, and its 4 schools include Harmony Intermediate School.
More than half of enrollment at Harmony Intermediate School is White: 77%. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Upshur County overall, the White share is about 79%. The diversity index for Harmony Intermediate School is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 15.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harmony Intermediate School, giving a ratio of 8.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A total of 65 students, or 52%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Harmony Intermediate School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of Texas public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Harmony Intermediate School is 3.6 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
In Upshur County, home to about 42,567 people, median household income comes to about $66,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Upshur County's 25 public schools enroll about 7,918 students and include Harmony Intermediate School.
Harmony Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from Harmony Elementary School, its nearest public school. Harmony Intermediate School has 3 other public schools within five miles. Harmony Intermediate School ranks 5th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 54.9% against a local average of 52.7%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 177 to 124, a 30% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.6:1 to 8.0:1.
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Upshur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,567
Census ACS
Median income
$66,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
7,918 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY ISD
- Harmony High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolElementary · 263 students
- Harmony Junior High SchoolMiddle · 235 students
Other schools in BIG SANDY
- Big Sandy Elementary SchoolElementary · 320 students
- Harmony High SchoolHigh · 273 students
- Harmony Elementary SchoolElementary · 263 students
- Harmony Junior High SchoolMiddle · 235 students
- Big Sandy High SchoolHigh · 191 students
- Big Sandy Junior High SchoolMiddle · 138 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Elementary School0.1 mi · 263
- Harmony High School0.1 mi · 273
- Harmony Junior High School0.2 mi · 235
- Sharon A Richardson Elementary School8.4 mi · 141
- Union Hill High School8.4 mi · 141
- Gilmer High School8.9 mi · 895
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Intermediate SchoolHow large is Harmony Intermediate School?
Harmony Intermediate School enrolls approximately 124 students in grades 04-05.
What grades does Harmony Intermediate School serve?
Harmony Intermediate School serves grades 04-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harmony Intermediate School is approximately 8.0:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Harmony Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Harmony Intermediate School are roughly 77% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony Intermediate School?
Harmony Intermediate School is overseen by HARMONY ISD in Upshur County.
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