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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CARROLLTON this year?
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Enrollment
564
High
DISTRICT 654 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS·NCES 480029213362
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton
1024 W ROSEMEADE PKWY, CARROLLTON, TX 75007 · (972) 394-9560 · Denton County
GRADES 06–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Texas public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
286 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 9% |
| Grade 12 | 56 | 10% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 32.0% | 15.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Science Academy - Carrollton
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton this school | 564 | 50.7% | 62.2% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Dallas DALLAS | 539 | 46.2% | 61.3% |
| Williams High School PLANO | 1,105 | 55.0% | 49.6% |
| Debakey H S for Health Prof HOUSTON | 929 | 39.8% | 92.3% |
| Kempner High School SUGAR LAND | 1,850 | 61.4% | 56.2% |
| McMillen High School MURPHY | 1,010 | 37.7% | 57.3% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Science Academy - Carrollton ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #432 of 1,385 | #10 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #303 of 1,425 ▼ 98 | #10 of 29 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #468 of 1,425 ▼ 145 | #14 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #1,013 of 1,184 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #833 of 2,107 | #24 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #866 of 1,344 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #148 of 1,346 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.7% | #993 of 1,522 | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.9% | #402 of 672 | #12 of 19 |
Ranked against other public high 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
564
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 564 | 35.7 | 15.8:1 | 51% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 545 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 53% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 51% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 35 | 16.5:1 | 47% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 48% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 49% (209) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (518 to 564); teachers down 17% (43 to 35.7).
About Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton
The public high school Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton is located in CARROLLTON, Texas. The school serves 564 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Texas average about 796 students.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS includes 16 schools. Together they enroll 11,042 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton, with 47% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 25% Asian, 14% Black, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Denton County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. The chance that two students picked at random at Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton employs 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 15.8:1. High schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 51%. The gap from the 35% average for public schools in Denton County is 16 points.
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 62.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.0%.
Denton County census figures show that median household income is about $111,498, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. A total of 267 public schools operate in Denton County, serving about 175,222 students.
Harmony School of Innovation - Carrollton is the public school closest to Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton, less than a tenth of a mile away. Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton ranks 3rd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 62.2% against a local average of 57.8%.
NCES describes the area around Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton is one of the charter schools in Texas.
The number of students dropped from 579 to 564 over 4 years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS
- Harmony Science Academy- Fort WorthElementary · 1,232 students
- Harmony Science Academy - DallasCombined · 1,110 students
- Harmony School of Innovation - Fort WorthHigh · 947 students
- Harmony Science Academy - GarlandElementary · 759 students
- Harmony School of Innovation- EulessElementary · 708 students
- Harmony Science Academy - EulessHigh · 659 students
Other schools in CARROLLTON
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Arbor Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 940 students
Nearby schools
- Harmony School of Innovation - Carrollton0.1 mi · 444
- Rosemeade Elementary School0.5 mi · 360
- Creekview High School0.6 mi · 1,686
- Hebron Valley Elementary School0.9 mi · 430
- Kent Elementary School1.0 mi · 416
- Rainwater Elementary School1.0 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Science Academy - CarrolltonWhat is the total enrollment at Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton?
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton enrolls approximately 564 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton serve?
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton have?
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton?
At Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton, the student body is approximately 11% White, 47% Hispanic, 14% Black, 25% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton public or private?
Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.