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What's something HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY-SUGAR LAND does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
729
Elementary
DISTRICT 1,182 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST·NCES 480140512025
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land
13415 W BELFORT, SUGAR LAND, TX 77478 · (281) 265-2525 · Fort Bend County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL729 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
444 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 63.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 57.0% | 29.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 85.0% | 86.0% |
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+34.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 35 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land's state test result (82.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land this school | 729 | 60.9% | 82.6% |
| Rita Drabek Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 591 | 57.4% | 57.1% |
| Oyster Creek Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 824 | 62.3% | 55.5% |
| Harmony School of Innovation- Euless EULESS | 708 | 55.1% | 63.6% |
| Barrington Place Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 424 | 61.1% | 51.0% |
| Brazos Bend Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 716 | 41.8% | 61.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Fort Bend County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.6% | #53 of 4,401 | #5 of 113 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #45 of 4,466 ▲ 10 | #3 of 113 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #108 of 4,466 ▼ 58 | #9 of 113 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,433 of 3,998 | #22 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 729 | #746 of 4,938 | #56 of 119 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,982 of 4,622 | #63 of 116 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #841 of 4,628 | #68 of 116 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #3,071 of 4,789 | #41 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.8% | #2,407 of 2,838 | #50 of 61 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
729
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 729 | 46.7 | 15.6:1 | 61% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 66% (498) |
| 2022-23 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 59% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 38 | 19.1:1 | 57% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 46 | 16.8:1 | 58% (446) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 38 | 20.3:1 | 53% (410) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 37 | 16.8:1 | 47% (294) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (774 to 729); teachers up 2% (46 to 46.7).
About Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land
In SUGAR LAND, Texas, Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land is a mid-sized elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 729 students. That puts enrollment 40% above the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST counts 6,541 students in its 6 schools, and Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land is one of them.
The share of Asian students at Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land is 50%, a majority. It is also 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 11% White. For comparison, the population of Fort Bend County is roughly 22% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
Based on 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land has a ratio of 15.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Income data for the school show 61% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 19 points above the 42% average for public schools in Fort Bend County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land would score about 47.7%. It scores 82.6%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Fort Bend County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $114,041 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Fort Bend County number 217, with about 191,372 students.
Among nearby public schools, Barrington Place Elementary School is closest at about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land ranks 1st on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land's location as City: Mid-size. Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land is a publicly funded charter school.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 727 to 729, a small change. The number of students per teacher dropped from 19.1 to 15.6 over 4 years.
This page is set up for the Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Fort Bend County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
893,767
Census ACS
Median income
$114,041
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
217
191,372 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
- Harmony Science Academy-KatyElementary · 1,347 students
- Harmony Science Academy- BeaumontCombined · 1,206 students
- Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar LandHigh · 912 students
- Harmony School of Innovation - KatyHigh · 876 students
Other schools in SUGAR LAND
- Stephen F Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,655 students
- Clements High SchoolHigh · 2,641 students
- Dulles High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Kempner High SchoolHigh · 1,850 students
- Fort Settlement Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,504 students
- Harmony School of Excellence - Sugar LandElementary · 1,471 students
Nearby schools
- Barrington Place Elementary School0.8 mi · 424
- KIPP Journey Primary School0.8 mi · 1,052
- KIPP Journey Collegiate School0.8 mi · 561
- Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land0.9 mi · 912
- Townewest Elementary School1.0 mi · 462
- Kennedy Elementary School1.2 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Harmony Science Academy-Sugar LandHow many students attend Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land?
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land enrolls approximately 729 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land serve?
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land.
How diverse is Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land?
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land reports a student body of 11% White, 13% Hispanic, 23% Black, 50% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land?
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land is overseen by HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - HOUSTON WEST in Fort Bend County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.