Harmony School Of Discovery - HoustonCharter

Accountability rating (2023-2024)

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Total students

852

Avg. teacher experience

8 years

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 7.7 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Four-year graduation rate

100 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 99.5%

Statewide: 90.3%

Harmony School Of Discovery - Houston is an charter elementary/secondary school in Houston, TX, in the Harmony Public Schools - Houston North school district. As of the 2023-2024 school year, it had 852 students. 29.8% of students were considered at risk of dropping out of school. 24.2% of students were enrolled in bilingual and English language learning programs.

The school received an accountability rating of None for the 2023-2024 school year.

In the Class of 2023, 100% of students received their high school diplomas on time or earlier.

The average SAT score at Harmony School Of Discovery - Houston was 1025 for 2022-2023 graduates.

As of the 2023-2024 school year, an average teacher's salary was $63,741, which is $1,267 more than the state average. On average, teachers had 8 years of experience.

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Contact information

Website

hsdharmonytx.org/

Address

6270 Barker Cypress Rd
Houston, TX 77084

Office phone number

(281) 861-5105

Principal

Higher Ed Outcomes

Students in Harmony School Of Discovery - Houston are part of the Texas Education Agency’s Region 04. Students who started eighth grade in 2011 in this region had a college graduation rate of 22.5 percent. View a more comprehensive breakdown of the higher education outcomes in Region 04.

Demographics

Race and ethnicity

Total students

852

African American

199 (23.4%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 24.1%

Statewide: 12.8%

American Indian

4 (0.5%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0.3%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

145 (17%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 11.7%

Statewide: 5.4%

Hispanic

369 (43.3%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 50.4%

Statewide: 53.2%

Pacific Islander

1 (0.1%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0.2%

Statewide: 0.2%

White

121 (14.2%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 10.4%

Statewide: 25%

Two or more races

13 (1.5%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 2.9%

Statewide: 3.1%

African American

23.4%

American Indian

0.5%

Asian

17.0%

Hispanic

43.3%

Pacific Islander

0.1%

White

14.2%

Two or more races

1.5%

Risk factors

A student is identified as being at risk of dropping out of school based on state-defined criteria. A student is defined as "economically disadvantaged" if he or she is eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or other public assistance.

At-risk students

29.8 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 36.1%

Statewide: 53.2%

Economically disadvantaged

74.4 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 72.9%

Statewide: 62.3%

Limited English proficiency

25.6 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 32.7%

Statewide: 24.4%

At-risk students

29.8%

Econ. disadvantaged

74.4%

Limited Eng. proficiency

25.6%

Enrollment by program

A look at the percentage of students enrolled in certain programs offered at schools for the 2023-2024 school year. A student can be enrolled in more than one program.

Bilingual/ESL

24.2 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 31.3%

Statewide: 24.5%

Gifted and Talented

16.3 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 13%

Statewide: 8.5%

Special Education

11.9 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 9.7%

Statewide: 13.9%

Bilingual/ESL

24.2%

Gifted and talented

16.3%

Special education

11.9%

Academics

Accountability ratings

Texas assigns ratings to districts and campuses that designate their performance in relation to the state's accountability system.

A-F ratings have not been released since the 2021-2022 school year. Many school districts have sued the Texas Education Agency after the agency made changes to the way ratings would be calculated. The ratings won’t be released until the case is resolved.

Overall (2023-2024)

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Student achievement (2023-2024)

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

School progress (2023-2024)

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Closing the gaps (2023-2024)

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

The overall grades are based on three categories: student achievement (how well students perform academically), school progress (how well students perform over time and compared to students in similar schools) and closing the gaps (how well schools are boosting performance for subgroups such as students with special needs).

For a detailed explanation of this year’s accountability system, see the 2024 Accountability Manual.

Four-year graduation rates

The percentage of students who started ninth grade in 2019-2020 and received a high school diploma on time — by Aug. 31, 2023. Learn more about how four-year graduation rates are defined.

All students

100 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 99.5%

Statewide: 90.3%

African American

100 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 100%

Statewide: 86.7%

American Indian

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 89.3%

Asian

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 100%

Statewide: 96.9%

Hispanic

100 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 99.3%

Statewide: 88.6%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 88.3%

White

100 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 100%

Statewide: 94.2%

Two or more races

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: Masked

Statewide: 91.7%

African American

100.0%

American Indian

N/A

Asian

Masked

Hispanic

100.0%

Pacific Islander

N/A

White

100.0%

Two or more races

Masked

Dropout rates

The dropout rate for students in grades 9-12 during the 2022-2023 school year. It is calculated by dividing the number of dropouts by the number of students who were in attendance at any time during the school year.

All students

0 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 2%

African American

0 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 3.2%

American Indian

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: Masked

Statewide: 2.3%

Asian

0 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 0.5%

Hispanic

0 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 2.4%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 1.8%

White

0 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 1%

Two or more races

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 1.7%

Chronic absenteeism

The chronic absenteeism rate for students during the 2022-2023 school year. It measures the number of students who were absent for at least ten percent of the school year.

All students

8.3 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 16.3%

Statewide: 20.3%

African American

6.4 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 15.9%

Statewide: 24.8%

American Indian

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 17.6%

Statewide: 21.3%

Asian

4.7 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 10.3%

Statewide: 7.6%

Hispanic

10.1 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 18.4%

Statewide: 23.2%

Pacific Islander

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 11.1%

Statewide: 23.7%

White

11.2 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 14.4%

Statewide: 14.5%

Two or more races

0 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 13.5%

Statewide: 18.7%

College readiness

AP/IB participation

The percentage of students in grades 11 and 12 taking at least one Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) exam in any subject during the 2022-2023 school year.

All students

56.8 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 50.1%

Statewide: 24.2%

African American

45.5 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 35.4%

Statewide: 15.9%

American Indian

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 19.8%

Asian

60.9 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 67.6%

Statewide: 61.5%

Hispanic

50.6 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 44.4%

Statewide: 21.4%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 19.5%

White

83.3 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 81%

Statewide: 26.3%

Two or more races

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: Masked

Statewide: 26.9%

AP/IB performance

The percentage of test-taking students in grades 11 and 12 who passed at least one AP or IB exam in the 2022-2023 school year. A passing score on the AP exam is a 3, 4 or 5. On an IB exam, it is a 4, 5, 6 or 7.

All students

56.8 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 55.2%

Statewide: 53.3%

African American

70 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 43.5%

Statewide: 34.1%

American Indian

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 53.6%

Asian

78.6 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 76.1%

Statewide: 79.5%

Hispanic

53.5 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 53.4%

Statewide: 39.9%

Pacific Islander

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: 47.4%

White

45 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 44.1%

Statewide: 67%

Two or more races

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: Masked

Statewide: 66%

SAT

The average SAT score for students graduating in 2022-2023, with critical reading, writing and mathematics results combined. The maximum score is 2400. For the small percentage of students who took the redesigned SAT with a maximum score of 1600, their scores were converted to the equivalent scores on the previous SAT using College Board concordance tables.

Avg. SAT score

1025

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 1034

Statewide: 978

ACT

The average ACT composite score for students graduating in 2022-2023. The maximum score is 36.

Avg. ACT score

Masked

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: Masked

Statewide: 19.2

College-ready graduates

A graduate is considered college ready in Reading or Math if he or she has met or exceeded the college-ready criteria on the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) test, the SAT or the ACT test. These figures are for students graduating in 2022-2023.

Reading

66.7 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 81.5%

Statewide: 62.8%

Math

92.8 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 92.4%

Statewide: 54.3%

Reading + Math

63.8 %

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 76.8%

Statewide: 48.4%

Reading

66.7%

Math

92.8%

Reading + Math

63.8%

Staff

Teacher ethnicities

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent (FTE) as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Total teacher FTEs

57

African American

5 (8.8%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 22%

Statewide: 12.6%

American Indian

0 (0%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 0.3%

Asian

9.7 (17%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 12.5%

Statewide: 2.1%

Hispanic

13 (22.8%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 20%

Statewide: 30.1%

Pacific Islander

1 (1.8%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0.5%

Statewide: 0.1%

White

28.3 (49.7%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 43.8%

Statewide: 53.4%

Two or more races

0 (0%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 1.1%

Statewide: 1.3%

Highest degree held by teachers

These figures are expressed as a percentage of the total teacher full-time equivalent.

No degree

0 (0%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 0%

Statewide: 2.5%

Bachelor's

32.2 (56.4%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 65.6%

Statewide: 71.7%

Master's

22 (38.5%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 32.3%

Statewide: 24.9%

Doctorate

2.9 (5.1%)

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 2%

Statewide: 0.8%

Students per teacher

The total number of students divided by the total full-time equivalent count of teachers for 2023-2024.

Students per teacher

14.9

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 16.1

Statewide: 14.7

Teacher experience

This figure for the 2023-2024 school year refers to tenure — the number of years a teacher has been employed in any district, whether or not there was an interruption in service.

Avg. teacher experience

8 years

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: 7.7 years

Statewide: 11.1 years

Teacher salaries

The average salaries listed here are for regular duties only and do not include supplemental pay. For teachers who also have nonteaching roles, only the portion of time and pay dedicated to classroom responsibilities is factored into the calculation.

Base average

$63,741

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: $63,457

Statewide: $62,474

Beginner

$59,500

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: $58,025

Statewide: $54,272

1 to 5 years

$61,132

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: $60,548

Statewide: $58,185

6 to 10 years

$64,061

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: $64,523

Statewide: $61,494

11 to 20 years

$67,051

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: $67,275

Statewide: $65,219

21 to 30 years

$68,000

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: $69,117

Statewide: $69,723

30+ years

N/A

Harmony Public Schools - Houston North: N/A

Statewide: $74,014

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