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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO operates as a cozy four-year high school in LAREDO, Texas, one of the schools within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS. Current enrollment sits at 671 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO is one of 9 schools operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS, a district that enrolls 4,807 students overall.
Looking at the student body, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%).
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO 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 35.2%; HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO posts 67.0%, +31.8 points above that line.
Around the school, Webb County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,058 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Webb County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,717 students), of which HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO is one.
The closest other public school is HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - LAREDO, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.8%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting. HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - LAREDO is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 88%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 671 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 100% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.
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