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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - LAREDO this year?
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Enrollment
679
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS·NCES 480026613147
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo
4608 DAUGHERTY AVE, LAREDO, TX 78041 · (956) 568-9492 · Webb County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL679 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A-Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
601 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 36% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 20.0% | 29.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 →
Schools most like Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo this school | 679 | 88.5% | 36.8% |
| Collins-Parr Elementary School SAN DIEGO | 688 | 89.7% | 42.9% |
| Freedom Elementary School LAREDO | 651 | 88.9% | 60.8% |
| Geraldine Palmer Elementary School PHARR | 657 | 88.6% | 46.5% |
| Robert Driscoll Jr STEM Academy ROBSTOWN | 676 | 89.8% | 22.7% |
| Eisenhower Elementary School EDINBURG | 640 | 87.2% | 33.5% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 - Laredo ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Webb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #2,971 of 4,401 | #51 of 52 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,293 of 4,466 ▼ 510 | #50 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,222 of 4,466 ▲ 298 | #48 of 52 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #957 of 3,998 | #15 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 679 | #1,053 of 4,938 | #12 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #3,992 of 4,622 | #49 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.6% | #4,435 of 4,628 | #14 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,229 of 4,789 | #33 of 52 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.1% | #940 of 1,307 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
679
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 679 | 39.3 | 17.3:1 | 89% (601) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 40.5 | 16.4:1 | 90% (601) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 46.8 | 15.0:1 | 88% (613) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 85% (552) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 39.3 | 16.3:1 | 76% (487) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 27 | 20.1:1 | 76% (412) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (640 to 679); teachers unchanged (39.3 to 39.3).
About Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo is a medium-sized elementary school that serves part of LAREDO, Texas. Its 679 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 31% larger than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district for Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo is HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS, with 9 schools and 4,807 students.
At Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo, Hispanic students make up 99% of the student body. The county population is about 95% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 3%.
Federal data list 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo in 2024-25, for a ratio of 17.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 89%.
The allk12 Grade for Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo is B-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 46% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo's average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.8% is within a point of the 35.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Webb County show that median household income is about $63,058, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. A total of 95 public schools operate in Webb County, serving about 63,717 students.
Of nearby public schools, Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo is behind the 50.7% nearby average, ranking 7th of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 649 to 679.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Webb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
269,294
Census ACS
Median income
$63,058
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
63,717 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS
- Harmony Science Academy (san Antonio)Combined · 718 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - LaredoHigh · 671 students
- Harmony Science Academy - LaredoMiddle · 659 students
- Harmony School of Science- San AntonioElementary · 602 students
- Harmony Science Academy - BrownsvilleElementary · 508 students
- Harmony School of Innovation - BrownsvilleHigh · 498 students
Other schools in LAREDO
- United High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
- United South High SchoolHigh · 3,252 students
- Lyndon B JohnsonHigh · 3,240 students
- John B Alexander High SchoolHigh · 3,171 students
- Nixon High SchoolHigh · 2,124 students
- Martin High SchoolHigh · 1,975 students
Nearby schools
- Triumph Public High Schools-Laredo North0.6 mi · 131
- Newman Elementary School0.8 mi · 365
- F S Lara Academy0.8 mi · 85
- Milton Elementary School0.9 mi · 651
- Nixon High School0.9 mi · 2,124
- Pierce Elementary School1.0 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony School of Innovation - LaredoWhat is the total enrollment at Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo?
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo enrolls approximately 679 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo serve?
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo?
At Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo?
Harmony School of Innovation - Laredo is overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - SOUTH TEXAS in Webb County.
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