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What's something HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE-HOUSTON does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,165
Elementary
DISTRICT 751 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH·NCES 480027411244
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston
7340 N GESSNER DR, HOUSTON, TX 77040 · (713) 983-8668 · Harris County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,165 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
722 students
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 135 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 134 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 138 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 151 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 128 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 116 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 110 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 23% larger than its 8th grade class (110).
Student demographics
70%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston→Harmony School of Advancement-Houston
Based on grade levels within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
55.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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-Houston
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston's state test result (55.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Excellence-Houston this school | 1,165 | 62.0% | 55.2% |
| Gleason Elementary School HOUSTON | 940 | 64.1% | 51.5% |
| Briargrove Elementary School HOUSTON | 871 | 56.3% | 45.2% |
| Birkes Elementary School HOUSTON | 1,040 | 52.9% | 64.0% |
| Bethke Elementary School KATY | 964 | 53.6% | 48.6% |
| Fox Elementary School KLEIN | 908 | 59.8% | 57.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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-Houston ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #1,050 of 4,401 | #112 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,033 of 4,466 ▲ 82 | #120 of 625 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,078 of 4,466 ▲ 77 | #123 of 625 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,456 of 3,998 | #391 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,165 | #36 of 4,938 | #11 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,470 of 4,622 | #469 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #512 of 4,628 | #70 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #3,012 of 4,789 | #520 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.8% | #222 of 1,307 | #20 of 148 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
1,165
+292 (+33%) vs 2020
+51% since 2010-11, when it was 771
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 17.8:1
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 | 1,165 | 71.7 | 16.3:1 | 62% (722) |
| 2023-24 | 1,113 | 71.1 | 15.7:1 | 61% (679) |
| 2022-23 | 1,056 | 68.7 | 15.4:1 | 58% (615) |
| 2020-21 | 873 | 49 | 17.8:1 | 50% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 54 | 16.2:1 | 44% (382) |
| 2015-16 | 901 | 50 | 18.0:1 | 30% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 771 | 44 | 17.5:1 | 21% (160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Excellence-Houston.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (877 to 1,165); teachers up 33% (54 to 71.7).
About Harmony School of Excellence-Houston
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is a large elementary school with its address in HOUSTON, Texas. A total of 1,165 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 8. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 124% bigger than average.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON NORTH (10 schools, 7,571 students) runs Harmony School of Excellence-Houston.
Enrollment at Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 20% Black, 16% White, 13% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share in Harris County as a whole is similar, at about 44%. By the diversity index, Harmony School of Excellence-Houston comes in at 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 71.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.3:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. That is lower than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is 8.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 55.2% actual, 47.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is located in Harris County, where median household income is about $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 1,205 public schools in Harris County, with a combined enrollment of about 886,911.
The next-closest public school is Post Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Harmony School of Excellence-Houston. On proficiency, Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is ahead of the 44.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large. Harmony School of Excellence-Houston is a publicly funded charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 873 in 2020-21 and 1,165 in 2024-25, a 33% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 17.8:1 to 16.3:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Harmony School of Excellence-Houston covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 - KatyElementary · 1,123 students
- Harmony School of Discovery - HoustonHigh · 858 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
- Post Elementary School0.7 mi · 798
- Jersey Village High School0.9 mi · 3,323
- Reed Elementary School1.2 mi · 847
- YES Prep - Northwest1.2 mi · 940
- Gleason Elementary School1.8 mi · 940
- Frazier Elementary School1.8 mi · 601
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony School of Excellence-HoustonHow many students attend Harmony School of Excellence-Houston?
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston enrolls approximately 1,165 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Harmony School of Excellence-Houston serve?
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Harmony School of Excellence-Houston?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Harmony School of Excellence-Houston.
How diverse is Harmony School of Excellence-Houston?
Harmony School of Excellence-Houston reports a student body of 16% White, 46% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony School of Excellence-Houston?
Harmony School of Excellence-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.