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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN

2124 E ST ELMO RD #A, AUSTIN, TX 78744 · (512) 330-0895 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL374 STUDENTS
Enrollment
374
Elementary
DISTRICT 589 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
324 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
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0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Pre-K
37
Kindergarten
50
Grade 1
63
Grade 2
54
Grade 3
56
Grade 4
58
Grade 5
56
Student demographics
White
318%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
30080%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 54%
Black
277%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 13%
Asian
62%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 6%
Two+
103%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
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
17747%
Female
19753%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
51.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +36.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.

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

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
374
-58 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 13.1:1
% White
8%
was 16%
% Hispanic
80%
was 75%
% Black
7%
was 6%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN

HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN is a modestly sized elementary campus in AUSTIN, Texas, run under HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS. The school caters to 374 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 7 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS (4,647 students total), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN logs that 80% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 8% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.0%; this one delivers 45.9%.

In the area at large, Travis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN is one.

HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - AUSTIN 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 INNOVATION - AUSTIN comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 27.6%.

HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN operates from an inner-city location. HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 374). The White share of enrollment declined from 16% to 8% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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Travis County at a glance

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Population
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students

Quick facts

School name
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN
District
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS
Address
2124 E ST ELMO RD #A, AUSTIN, TX 78744
Phone
(512) 330-0895
County
Travis County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
374
Teachers (FTE)
23
Student–teacher ratio
16.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
324 (87%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
480024113063
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN
How many students attend HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN enrolls approximately 374 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN serve?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN is approximately 16.4:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN?
Student demographics at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN are roughly 8% White, 80% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN in?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - AUSTIN is part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS.
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