Harmony School of Excellence - Katy

Size

Of the 7 elementary schools in Harmony Public Schools - Houston North, Harmony School of Excellence - Katy is the 2nd largest, with 14.8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 2.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 974; Harmony School of Excellence - Katy is close to their typical size.

As a charter school it is publicly funded and charges no tuition, but it is run under a charter rather than directly by a local school board.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 6 with 164 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 22, against an average of 112 per grade. This year grade 8 has 34% fewer students than kindergarten (89 against 135). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 22 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 34.1% here and 50.9% across Harmony Public Schools - Houston North. Black students are next, at 32%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

54.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 70% across Harmony Public Schools - Houston North and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 62.43 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,123 students, Harmony School of Excellence - Katy has 18 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 1,123 students would have about 75.9 teachers, so Harmony School of Excellence - Katy has 13.5 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

Harmony School of Excellence - Katy is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other elementary school is McElwain Elementary School, 0.5 miles away in Katy ISD. Within 10 miles there are 79 other elementary schools, 31 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.