HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN

HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN operates as a mid-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS. Current enrollment sits at 486 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,647 students; HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN is among them.

On the student-mix side, HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN lists that 31% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 29% Asian, 21% Black, 17% White, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 56% of students at HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

Across the wider county, Travis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN is one.

The closest other public school is BASIS AUSTIN, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. HARMONY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE - AUSTIN is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 519 students in 2018 compared to 486 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 17% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.