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Enrollment
858
High
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH·NCES 480027412489
HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON
6270 BARKER CYPRESS RD, HOUSTON, TX 77084 · (281) 861-5105 · Harris County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL858 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
632 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
73.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 42% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
858
+130 (+18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.6:1
% White
15%
was 22%
% Hispanic
41%
was 41%
% Black
24%
was 20%
% Asian
19%
was 16%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON
Located at 6270 BARKER CYPRESS RD, in HOUSTON, Texas, HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school that teaches 858 students (grades 6 through 12), operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH.
HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON is one of 10 schools operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH, a district that serves 7,571 students overall.
Demographically, HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 19% Asian, 15% White. That composition is broadly in line with Harris County as a whole.
On the resource side, On paper, HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 74% of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.7%; HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON posts 66.6%, +24.9 points above that line.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON is one.
Nearest neighbor: METCALF EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. As a public charter, HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 728 students in 2018 compared to 858 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE-HOUSTONElementary · 1,165 students
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - KATYElementary · 1,123 students
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF ADVANCEMENT-HOUSTONHigh · 752 students
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY-HOUSTONMiddle · 703 students
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF ACHIEVEMENT - HOUSTONElementary · 694 students
- HARMONY SCHOOL OF ENRICHMENT - HOUSTONElementary · 664 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- TEXAS CONNECTIONS ACADEMY AT HOUSTONCombined · 8,641 students
- NORTH SHORE SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,284 students
- ELSIK H SHigh · 4,057 students
- SUMMER CREEK H SHigh · 3,972 students
- HASTINGS H SHigh · 3,786 students
- C E KING H SHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- METCALF EL0.8 mi · 855
- TIPPS EL1.1 mi · 980
- WILSON EL1.1 mi · 756
- LANGHAM CREEK H S1.3 mi · 3,011
- KAHLA MIDDLE1.3 mi · 1,126
- CYPRESS LAKES H S1.4 mi · 3,175
Frequently asked questions
About HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTONWhat is the total enrollment at HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON enrolls approximately 858 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON serve?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON have?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON?
At HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON, the student body is approximately 15% White, 41% Hispanic, 24% Black, 19% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY - HOUSTON is overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.