HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND

As a small secondary school in GARLAND, Texas, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND instructs 658 students from grades 7 through 12, part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS.

HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 11,042 students; HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND is among them.

On the student-mix side, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND records that 31% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% White, 21% Black, 16% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 62.1%.

Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND is one campus in the mix.

HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - GARLAND is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - GARLAND operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 658 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 26% to 21% over that span.

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