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HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO)
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO)
HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO), a middle-of-the-pack senior high in EL PASO, Texas, part of HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS, caters to 1,034 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Across the 7 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS (5,687 students total), HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) records that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) higher than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 41.7%; actual is 59.9%, +18.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for El Paso County indicate median household income runs about $59,806, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) is one campus in the mix.
HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - EL PASO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO)'s enrollment has expanded 31% since 2018, when it stood at 789 (now 1,034). Over the same period, the White share declined from 19% to 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.
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