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HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO
HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO is one of the close-knit secondary schools in BEVERLY HILLS, Texas, operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS, with 614 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 16 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS (11,042 students total), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 13% White, 9% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.3%, the actual is 32.5%, a residual of -3.8 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (McLennan County) shows that median household income runs about $66,643, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO is one of 124 public schools in McLennan County (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students).
Nearest neighbor: BELL'S HILL EL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area. HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - WACO has grew 27%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 20% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.
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