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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH
HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH is a well-populated elementary school in FORT WORTH, Texas, operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS. The school hosts 1,232 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 137% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - NORTH TEXAS comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 11,042 students; HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH is among them.
Looking at the student body, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Black, 12% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.4%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: WESTCREEK EL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.
The campus sits in a high-density setting. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 88%: 657 students in 2018 compared to 1,232 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 30% to 12%.
In the discussion threads here, members of the HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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