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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST·NCES 480140512741

HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND

13738 OLD RICHMOND RD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77498 · (281) 302-6445 · Fort Bend County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL912 STUDENTS
Enrollment
912
High
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 796
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
511 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Grade 9
258
Grade 10
244
Grade 11
212
Grade 12
198
Student demographics
White
15517%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
18220%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 54%
Black
20322%
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 13%
Asian
35739%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 6%
Two+
142%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0%
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
45350%
Female
45950%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
86.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
73.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +38.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.

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

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.3pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% 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 30 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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
912
0 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.6:1
% White
17%
was 19%
% Hispanic
20%
was 18%
% Black
22%
was 20%
% Asian
39%
was 42%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND

HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND is one of the mid-sized 9-12 campuss in SUGAR LAND, Texas, overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST, with 912 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND is one of 6 schools operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST, a district that caters to 6,541 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND logs that 39% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 20% Hispanic, 17% White. The wider county runs roughly 22% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 56% of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fort Bend County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.4%; HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND posts 79.8%, +30.3 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Fort Bend County shows median household income runs about $114,041, roughly 50% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Fort Bend County's 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TOWNEWEST EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area. As a public charter, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 912 students in 2018 compared to 912 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Fort Bend County at a glance

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Population
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students

Quick facts

School name
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND
District
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST
Address
13738 OLD RICHMOND RD, SUGAR LAND, TX 77498
Phone
(281) 302-6445
County
Fort Bend County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
912
Teachers (FTE)
53
Student–teacher ratio
17.1:1
Free/Reduced lunch
511 (56%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
480140512741
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND
What is the total enrollment at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND enrolls approximately 912 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND serve?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND?
At HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND, the student body is approximately 17% White, 20% Hispanic, 22% Black, 39% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND?
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION-SUGAR LAND is overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST in Fort Bend County.
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