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HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH, with 687 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON sits 32% above that benchmark.
Across the 6 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH (3,663 students total), HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 25% Black, 11% Asian, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.5%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - HOUSTON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.6%.
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON operates from an urban location. HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXPLORATION- HOUSTON's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 637 (now 687). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 44% to 57%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
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