HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY

HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY is an elementary campus of heavily attended scale in KATY, Texas, operated by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST, instructing 1,347 students in grades pre-K through 7. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY sits 160% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST (6,541 students total), HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY shows that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Asian, 17% White, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 21% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 80 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. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.3%; HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY posts 73.2%, +19.9 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Fort Bend County put the typical household earns roughly $114,041 per year, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY is one of 217 public schools in Fort Bend County (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students).

Nearest neighbor: BONNIE HOLLAND EL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY. On composite proficiency, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 78.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY has rose 116%, going from 624 students in 2018 to 1,347 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 20% to 31%.

On the community side, the feed for HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-KATY typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.