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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND

1428 ELDRIDGE RD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77478 · (832) 532-0728 · Fort Bend County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,471 STUDENTS
Enrollment
1,471
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,182 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
851 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Kindergarten
110
Grade 1
119
Grade 2
117
Grade 3
116
Grade 4
113
Grade 5
123
Grade 6
246
Grade 7
265
Grade 8
262
Student demographics
White
20214%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
27919%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54%
Black
36325%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 13%
Asian
59240%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 6%
Two+
302%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
Native American
30%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Pacific Islander
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
69547%
Female
77653%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LANDHARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND
Based on grade levels within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
80.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
71.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +15.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 19 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 →

About HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND

As a sprawling primary school in SUGAR LAND, Texas, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND educates 1,471 students from grades K through 8, run under HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 183% above typical.

Across the 6 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST (6,541 students total), HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND records that 40% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.

In terms of school funding signals, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND lists 93 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 58% of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fort Bend County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND 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 48.6%; HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND posts 68.0%, +19.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUGAR MILL EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND operates from a high-density location. HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.

Fort Bend County at a glance

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Population
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students

Quick facts

School name
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND
District
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST
Address
1428 ELDRIDGE RD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77478
Phone
(832) 532-0728
County
Fort Bend County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–08
Total enrollment
1,471
Teachers (FTE)
93
Student–teacher ratio
15.9:1
Free/Reduced lunch
851 (58%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
480140513420
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND
How large is HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND enrolls approximately 1,471 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND serve?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND is approximately 15.9:1 (93 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND reports a student body of 14% White, 19% Hispanic, 25% Black, 40% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND in?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - SUGAR LAND is part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST.
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