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Enrollment
497
High
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS·NCES 480024112424
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin
2100 E ST ELMO RD, AUSTIN, TX 78744 · (512) 693-0000 · Travis County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
13.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
448 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 11% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
38.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 20.0% | 34.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 School of Excellence - Austin
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Excellence - Austin this school | 497 | 90.1% | 33.4% |
| Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School AUSTIN | 554 | 88.3% | 26.6% |
| Austin Achieve High School AUSTIN | 581 | 90.2% | 36.9% |
| KIPP Austin Brave AUSTIN | 490 | 88.6% | 36.0% |
| Bob Hope High School PORT ARTHUR | 555 | 92.1% | 57.8% |
| North Houston Early College High School HOUSTON | 489 | 87.9% | 85.0% |
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 Excellence - Austin ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #1,288 of 1,385 | #28 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,033 of 1,425 ▼ 72 | #21 of 40 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,269 of 1,425 ▼ 6 | #28 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #906 of 1,184 | #33 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #895 of 2,107 | #37 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #445 of 1,344 | #7 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #1,108 of 1,346 | #34 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #182 of 1,522 | #8 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #168 of 557 | #7 of 14 |
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
497
-53 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 497 | 37.4 | 13.3:1 | 90% (448) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 38 | 14.7:1 | 87% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 38.1 | 14.1:1 | 91% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 550 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 85% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 47.1 | 12.4:1 | 30% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 565 | 49 | 11.5:1 | 70% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 65% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Excellence - Austin.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (582 to 497); teachers down 20% (47.1 to 37.4).
About Harmony School of Excellence - Austin
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in AUSTIN, Texas. It enrolled 497 students in grades 6 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 38% lower than the average for high schools in Texas, which is about 796.
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin falls under HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS, which has 7 schools enrolling 4,647 students.
At Harmony School of Excellence - Austin, Hispanic students make up 90% of the student body. Other students are 4% Black and 4% White. By comparison, Travis County residents are about 33% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Harmony School of Excellence - Austin belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
A ratio of 13.3:1 comes from the school's 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 90% of students at Harmony School of Excellence - Austin as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Travis County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Harmony School of Excellence - Austin is D. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.4%, compared with a predicted 35.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Travis County census figures show that median household income is about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 333 public schools operate in Travis County, serving about 191,706 students.
Nearest public school: Harmony School of Innovation - Austin, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around Harmony School of Excellence - Austin holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 30.4% on proficiency, and Harmony School of Excellence - Austin is above that at 33.4%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large. Harmony School of Excellence - Austin operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.
The student count in 2024-25 was 497, 10% below the 550 of 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 13.3 students per teacher, compared with 14.9 in 2020-21.
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Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS
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- Harmony School of Science - AustinElementary · 486 students
- Harmony School of Innovation - AustinElementary · 374 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony School of Innovation - Austin0.1 mi · 374
- The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin0.4 mi · 114
- Rodriguez Elementary School0.7 mi · 372
- Uphaus Early Childhood Center0.8 mi · 246
- KIPP Austin Brave0.8 mi · 490
- KIPP Austin Beacon Prep0.8 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony School of Excellence - AustinHow large is Harmony School of Excellence - Austin?
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Harmony School of Excellence - Austin serve?
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony School of Excellence - Austin?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harmony School of Excellence - Austin is approximately 13.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Harmony School of Excellence - Austin?
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin reports a student body of 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Harmony School of Excellence - Austin in?
Harmony School of Excellence - Austin is part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.