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.