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HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA
Set in ODESSA, Texas, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA is a medium-sized primary school, run under HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS. It enrolls 541 students across grades K through 8.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - WEST TEXAS comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 5,687 students; HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA is among them.
On demographics, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%; the rest is composed of 15% White, 5% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 64%.
Looking at school resources, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.8%; this one delivers 50.8%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Ector County shows median household income runs about $71,536, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ector County runs 56 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,123 students), of which HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA is one.
EL MAGNET AT REAGAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.9%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site. As a public charter, HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - ODESSA's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 488 (now 541). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 65% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.
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