Harmony School of Science-houston, Houston TX

Original Research by School Decision on Harmony School of Science-houston

Harmony School of Science-Houston was a public charter school operated under Harmony Public Schools-Houston South, located on South Braeswood Boulevard in southwest Houston. The school served grades three through eight. It is now closed, so the account below reflects what was known about the school during its final operating period.

The most recent state assessment data available is from the 2021-22 school year, administered through Texas's STAAR exam. The picture it presents is uneven across subjects and grade levels, and a parent should read these results with that variation in mind.

In math, performance was notably split. Third and fourth grade results were low, with fourth grade in particular showing only a small fraction of tested students reaching proficiency. Fifth through seventh grade sat in a mid-range, with roughly a third or more reaching proficiency. Eighth grade math was the clearest bright spot: a majority of tested students reached proficiency, a meaningfully stronger result than what the younger grades showed. The pattern in ELA was somewhat more consistent. Reading and writing proficiency hovered around half of students or just below across most grades, with seventh and eighth grade trending upward. In science, the fifth grade result was low, while the eighth grade result improved to roughly half of students reaching proficiency. The eighth grade social studies result was low.

No multi-year trend data was available in the records provided, so it is not possible to say whether these results represented improvement, decline, or stability. Demographic data, including enrollment counts, free-and-reduced-price lunch rates, and student population breakdown, was not reported in the available records. A graduation rate does not apply, as the school served only elementary and middle grades.

The school operated as a charter within the Harmony Public Schools-Houston South network, which publicly reported STEM recognition for multiple campuses through Project Lead The Way, with an engineering and biomedical science focus. Whether that curriculum was active at this specific campus was not confirmed in the available data.

Families considering other Harmony campuses in the Houston South network should know a few things the district has publicly reported. School meal costs returned to income-based eligibility after pandemic-era universal free meals ended, though some campuses have since qualified for the Community Eligibility Provision, which provides free meals to all enrolled students without an application. Which campuses currently participate in that program is worth confirming directly. The network also adopted an early dismissal every Friday at one in the afternoon system-wide, a standing weekly schedule change that affects childcare planning. Harmony has also announced Pre-K three partnerships with community daycare providers for the coming school year, expanding the entry point into the network for families with young children.

The surrounding Houston zip code carries a home value well above the Texas state median, and rents in the area have held relatively flat year over year. Houston itself is the fastest-growing major metro in the country by recent census measures, with housing construction running heavily across the region.

Because this school is closed, these details are provided for context only. Families looking for a current Harmony campus would want to verify which Houston South campuses are now enrolling and request current performance and program data directly from the network.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 46% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median

Grade 410%

School 10% · District 43% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 47% · ▼ 6 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 54% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 738%

School 38% · District 26% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 862%

School 62% · District 68% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 20 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 50% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 56% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 551%

School 51% · district not reported

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 65% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 758%

School 58% · District 59% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 69% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 518%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 50% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 27% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income43%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income60%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income44%Higher-income60%16 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income67%11 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income25%Higher-income43%18 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income6%Higher-income40%34 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income36%Higher-income60%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income58%Higher-income83%25 pp gap