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Best kept secret at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - DALLAS?
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Enrollment
539
High
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS·NCES 480029212871
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas
8080 W PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH HWY, DALLAS, TX 75252 · (214) 321-0100 · Collin County
GRADES 06–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
249 students
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 7 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 7% |
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 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 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 33.0% | 14.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 71.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Innovation - Dallas
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas this school | 539 | 46.2% | 61.3% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Garland GARLAND | 658 | 56.2% | 60.9% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Katy KATY | 876 | 46.8% | 69.5% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Euless EULESS | 659 | 50.4% | 72.7% |
| McMillen High School MURPHY | 1,010 | 37.7% | 57.3% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton CARROLLTON | 564 | 50.7% | 62.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Innovation - Dallas ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #453 of 1,385 | #20 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #332 of 1,425 ▼ 174 | #18 of 38 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #333 of 1,425 ▼ 40 | #21 of 38 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #795 of 1,184 | #33 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #856 of 2,107 | #36 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #1,231 of 1,344 | #36 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #9 of 1,346 | #1 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.2% | #1,085 of 1,522 | #8 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.5% | #91 of 672 | #8 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
539
+114 (+27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 539 | 28.9 | 18.7:1 | 46% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 31.9 | 15.6:1 | 53% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 31.2 | 15.6:1 | 53% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 51% (218) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 26.7 | 14.3:1 | 49% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 894 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 49% (434) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (381 to 539); teachers up 8% (26.7 to 28.9).
About Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas operates as a low-enrollment high school in DALLAS, Texas. The school teaches grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 539 students. That is 32% below the average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas is in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS, a district with 11,042 students across 16 schools.
Hispanic students account for 29% of enrollment at Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas, more than any other group. Other groups make up 24% White, 23% Black, 21% Asian, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 16% of Collin County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas is 76%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 28.9 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.7:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 46%. It compares with 30% for public schools in Collin County.
Among Texas public high schools, Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 61.3%, compared with a predicted 54.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Collin County show that median household income comes to about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 338, with about 227,575 students.
Frankford Middle School is the nearest public school to Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 61.3% is above the 51.6% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
From 425 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 539 by 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
- Harmony Science Academy- Fort WorthElementary · 1,232 students
- Harmony Science Academy - DallasCombined · 1,110 students
- Harmony School of Innovation - Fort WorthHigh · 947 students
- Harmony Science Academy - GarlandElementary · 759 students
- Harmony School of Innovation- EulessElementary · 708 students
- Harmony Science Academy - EulessHigh · 659 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Frankford Middle School0.6 mi · 839
- Harmony Science Academy - Plano1.1 mi · 627
- Jackson Elementary School1.2 mi · 705
- Weatherford Elementary School1.8 mi · 404
- Shepard Elementary School1.8 mi · 400
- Pearce High School1.8 mi · 2,317
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony School of Innovation - DallasHow large is Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas?
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas enrolls approximately 539 students in grades 06-12.
Is Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas have?
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas?
Student demographics at Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas are roughly 24% White, 29% Hispanic, 23% Black, 21% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas in?
Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas is part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.