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What's one thing HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - DALLAS gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
596
High
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS·NCES 480029212606
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas
8120 W CAMP WISDOM RD, DALLAS, TX 75249 · (972) 296-1000 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.2:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
393 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 67 | 11% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 36.0% | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 - Dallas
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas this school | 596 | 65.9% | 44.2% |
| Iltexas Arlington-Grand Prairie High School GRAND PRAIRIE | 749 | 70.2% | 46.3% |
| Spring Early College Academy HOUSTON | 391 | 65.0% | 88.2% |
| Houston Academy for International Studies HOUSTON | 473 | 59.2% | 78.7% |
| Beaumont ISD Early College High School BEAUMONT | 321 | 70.1% | 76.3% |
| Grand Prairie Collegiate Institute GRAND PRAIRIE | 419 | 62.8% | 67.5% |
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 - Dallas ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,014 of 1,385 | #55 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #928 of 1,425 ▼ 119 | #58 of 100 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #649 of 1,425 ▲ 29 | #35 of 100 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #946 of 1,184 | #64 of 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #814 of 2,107 | #64 of 133 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #947 of 1,344 | #64 of 101 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #633 of 1,346 | #36 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #674 of 1,522 | #78 of 107 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.7% | #29 of 557 | #10 of 55 |
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
596
+57 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 596 | 36.9 | 16.2:1 | 66% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 39.6 | 15.3:1 | 70% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 39.7 | 14.9:1 | 68% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 61% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 956 | 56.5 | 16.9:1 | 49% (473) |
| 2015-16 | 1,000 | 65 | 15.4:1 | 60% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas.
Since 2017-18: students down 38% (956 to 596); teachers down 35% (56.5 to 36.9).
About Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas is classified as a high school. It is located in DALLAS, Texas. The school has 596 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Texas enroll about 796 students on average.
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas is run by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS, whose 16 schools enroll 11,042 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas is 64%, a majority. Smaller groups are 25% Black, 5% White, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
Classroom staffing at Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas totals 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 66% of students (393) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 77% for public schools in Dallas County.
On the allk12 Grade, Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas lands at C-, ahead of 19% of Texas public high schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas's results are 1.3 points below predicted: 44.2% against 45.5%.
In Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Cj & Anne Hyman Elementary School sits about 0.7 miles from Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas. Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is 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.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% gain, from 539 to 596.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
- Harmony Science Academy- Fort WorthElementary · 1,232 students
- Harmony Science Academy - DallasCombined · 1,110 students
- Harmony School of Innovation - Fort WorthHigh · 947 students
- Harmony Science Academy - GarlandElementary · 759 students
- Harmony School of Innovation- EulessElementary · 708 students
- Harmony Science Academy - EulessHigh · 659 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Cj & Anne Hyman Elementary School0.7 mi · 453
- Charles Acton Leadershp Academy1.4 mi · 537
- G W Kennemer Middle School1.4 mi · 795
- Harmony School of Innovation - Grand Prairie1.6 mi · 516
- Ronald W Reagan Middle School1.6 mi · 885
- Duncanville High School2.2 mi · 4,399
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony School of Excellence - DallasHow large is Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas?
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas enrolls approximately 596 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas serve?
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas serves grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas.
How diverse is Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas?
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas reports a student body of 5% White, 64% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas?
Harmony School of Excellence - Dallas is overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.