Harmony School of Innovation - Garland

Size

Of the 7 high schools in Harmony Public Schools - North Texas, Harmony School of Innovation - Garland is the 3rd largest, with 6% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 3.4 miles away and have a median of 2,115 students, so Harmony School of Innovation - Garland is smaller than most of them.

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 7 with 144 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 72, against an average of 110 per grade. This year grade 12 has 50% fewer students than grade 7 (72 against 144). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 30.5% of enrollment, a lower share than across Harmony Public Schools - North Texas (40.2%). White students are next, at 28.3%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

56.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 65.1% across Harmony Public Schools - North Texas and a median of 63.8% for Texas high 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

Harmony School of Innovation - Garland has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 18.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 658 students would have about 47 teachers, so Harmony School of Innovation - Garland has 11 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Sachse High School, 2.1 miles away in Garland ISD. There are 7 high schools within 5 miles and 32 within 10 miles.

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