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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK
Located at 12200 ANDERSON MILL RD, in AUSTIN, Texas, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK is a medium-sized elementary school that educates 742 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.
Within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS, which oversees 7 schools and 4,647 students, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK is one campus in the system.
On demographics, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK reports that the largest single group is Asian, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 15% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 18% of students at HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.8%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Travis County) shows that median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
CYPRESS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.8%.
The school occupies a residential site. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 66%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 742 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 34% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.
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