Harmony Science Academy (Waco)

Size

Harmony Science Academy (Waco) is the 5th largest of Harmony Public Schools - North Texas' 8 elementary schools; its 569 students are 5.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.5 miles away and have a median of 481 students, so Harmony Science Academy (Waco) 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 kindergarten with 92 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 62, against an average of 81 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 92 in kindergarten and 84 in grade 5. It also enrolls 62 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 65.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Harmony Public Schools - North Texas (40.2%). Black students are next, at 18.3%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 65.1% across Harmony Public Schools - North Texas and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

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

Teachers

Harmony Science Academy (Waco) has 39.39 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 569 students would have about 38.4 teachers, so Harmony Science Academy (Waco) has 1 more.

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

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Parkdale Elementary School, 0.5 miles away in Waco ISD. There are 18 elementary schools within 5 miles and 35 within 10 miles.

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