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What do students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - HOUSTON actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
497
Middle
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH·NCES 480021012488
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston
9421 W SAM HOUSTON PKWY S, HOUSTON, TX 77099 · (713) 541-3030 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
436 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 173 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 160 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston→Harmony Science Academy-Houston
Based on grade levels within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 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 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 31.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
59.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 23 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 →
Schools most like Harmony School of Innovation - Houston
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston's state test result (59.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Innovation - Houston this school | 497 | 87.7% | 59.2% |
| Travis Middle School AMARILLO | 571 | 94.4% | 38.6% |
| Killough Middle School HOUSTON | 763 | 87.7% | 34.4% |
| Morris Middle School HOUSTON | 603 | 81.6% | 50.1% |
| Armstrong Middle School PLANO | 490 | 82.0% | 34.1% |
| Dessau Middle School AUSTIN | 596 | 80.4% | 28.8% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 - Houston ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.2% | #259 of 1,635 | #35 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #254 of 1,670 ▼ 13 | #33 of 219 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #388 of 1,670 ▲ 16 | #46 of 219 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #210 of 1,570 | #25 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #1,099 of 1,749 | #179 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #680 of 1,542 | #91 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.2% | #543 of 1,543 | #69 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #314 of 1,648 | #86 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #878 of 942 | #136 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
497
-39 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.3:1
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 | 497 | 34.8 | 14.3:1 | 88% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 34.4 | 14.3:1 | 90% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 33.2 | 14.7:1 | 85% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 88% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 507 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 84% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 73% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 66% (391) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Innovation - Houston.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (507 to 497); teachers up 5% (33 to 34.8).
About Harmony School of Innovation - Houston
A small middle-grades school in HOUSTON, Texas, Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH. A federal count lists 497 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is one school in a 6-school district, HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH, which enrolls 3,663 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Harmony School of Innovation - Houston, at 59%. The remaining students are 20% Black, 14% Asian, and 7% White. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 59% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.3:1, with 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. That is close to the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. That is 18 points above the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
allk12 grades Harmony School of Innovation - Houston an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston beats its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 23.0 points (59.2% versus 36.2%), a top-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Harris County, the median household income is $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is one of 1,205 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is Harmony Science Academy-Houston, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is 2nd on average proficiency.
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 39 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 17.3:1 to 14.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Harmony School of Innovation - Houston covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH
- Harmony Science Academy-HoustonHigh · 750 students
- Harmony School of Fine Arts and Technology-HoustonElementary · 742 students
- Harmony School of Ingenuity-HoustonHigh · 727 students
- Harmony School of Exploration- HoustonElementary · 687 students
- Harmony Virtual AcademyCombined · 260 students
- Harmony School of Science-HoustonCombined
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony Science Academy-Houston0.1 mi · 750
- Harmony School of Exploration- Houston0.1 mi · 687
- Landis Elementary School0.4 mi · 545
- Phoenix School at Southwest Schools0.6 mi · 107
- Maria Del Carmen Martinez Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 335
- Horn Elementary School0.7 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony School of Innovation - HoustonHow many students attend Harmony School of Innovation - Houston?
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Harmony School of Innovation - Houston serve?
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony School of Innovation - Houston?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is approximately 14.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harmony School of Innovation - Houston?
At Harmony School of Innovation - Houston, the student body is approximately 7% White, 59% Hispanic, 20% Black, 14% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Harmony School of Innovation - Houston public or private?
Harmony School of Innovation - Houston is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.