HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON

HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON is a reasonably sized secondary school in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH. The school educates 750 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 6 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON SOUTH (3,663 students total), HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 17% Black, 14% Asian, 11% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.2%; actual is 73.4%, +33.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harris County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON is one.

HARMONY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION - HOUSTON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 36.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-HOUSTON has grew 19%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 48% to 57%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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