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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
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Texas public high 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.
- 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 high schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 164 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 167 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 75 | 9% |
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 40.0% | 38.0% | 13.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 42.0% | 34.0% | 14.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
65.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 23 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 →
Schools most like Harmony School of Discovery - Houston
Harmony School of Discovery - Houston's state test result (65.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Discovery - Houston this school | 858 | 73.7% | 65.3% |
| Harmony Science Academy-Houston HOUSTON | 750 | 77.2% | 72.6% |
| Harmony Science Academy-Pflugerville PFLUGERVILLE | 794 | 67.6% | 55.4% |
| Alief Early College High School HOUSTON | 402 | 84.6% | 92.8% |
| Naaman Forest High School GARLAND | 1,949 | 75.4% | 47.1% |
| Seguin High School ARLINGTON | 1,554 | 71.6% | 48.8% |
Matched among Texas high 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 School of Discovery - Houston ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #352 of 1,385 | #41 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #81 of 1,425 ▲ 45 | #18 of 155 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #203 of 1,425 ▲ 41 | #33 of 155 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #400 of 1,184 | #57 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 858 | #650 of 2,107 | #99 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #874 of 1,344 | #61 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #63 of 1,346 | #8 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #508 of 1,522 | #106 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.9% | #241 of 672 | #25 of 64 |
Ranked against other public high 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
858
+23 (+3%) vs 2020
+126% since 2010-11, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 858 | 54.3 | 15.8:1 | 74% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 853 | 57.1 | 14.9:1 | 74% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 58.5 | 14.3:1 | 74% (619) |
| 2020-21 | 835 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 67% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 56% (405) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 53% (334) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 41% (155) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Discovery - Houston.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (728 to 858); teachers up 9% (50 to 54.3).
About Harmony School of Discovery - Houston
In HOUSTON, Texas, Harmony School of Discovery - Houston is a medium-sized high school. The school serves 858 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25.
Harmony School of Discovery - Houston is in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH, a district with 7,571 students across 10 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Harmony School of Discovery - Houston, at 41%. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 19% Asian, and 15% White. That is close to the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Harmony School of Discovery - Houston operates with 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 15.8:1. That is higher than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. About 74% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Harmony School of Discovery - Houston is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Harmony School of Discovery - Houston ranks in the top 10% in Texas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.3%, against a prediction of 42.2%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. There are 1,205 public schools in Harris County, enrolling about 886,911 students in all.
The closest other public school is Metcalf Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harmony School of Discovery - Houston ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
2024-25 enrollment was 858, a 3% rise from 835 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Harmony School of Discovery - Houston. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Metcalf Elementary School0.8 mi · 855
- Tipps Elementary School1.1 mi · 980
- Wilson Elementary School1.1 mi · 756
- Langham Creek High School1.3 mi · 3,011
- Kahla Middle School1.3 mi · 1,126
- Cypress Lakes High School1.4 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.