−16.6 ptsvs 80.6 average · 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
391 of 427tied with 3 others
Score vs similar-size group
−16.7 ptsvs 80.7 average · 454 similarly sized rated charter campuses
Similar size placement
417 of 454tied with 2 others
Score vs state
−17.7 ptsvs 81.7 average · 829 rated Texas charter campuses
Texas charter placement
770 of 829tied with 4 others
D64
At a glance
Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 83 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 80.6 average for 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 80.7 average for 454 similarly sized rated charter campuses.The current score is below the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses.
Evidence worth noticing
Strengths and momentum
Current strength
Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average
13.6%−10.8 pts vs 24.4%
13.6% is 10.8 percentage points lower than
the 24.4% average among 426 charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Read the full rating context and placement
Harmony Science Acad (Waco) is rated D by TEA, scoring 64 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.6 average for 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context. It is down 20 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 391st of 427 rated charter campuses serving a similar economic context (tied with 3 others).
Harmony Science Acad (Waco) is rated D by TEA, scoring 64 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.7 average for 454 similarly sized rated charter campuses. It is down 20 points since 2021-22.
Ranks 417th of 454 similarly sized rated charter campuses (tied with 2 others).
Harmony Science Acad (Waco) is rated D by TEA, scoring 64 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.7 average for 829 rated Texas charter campuses. It is down 20 points since 2021-22.
Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 rated charter campuses reporting
Schools on the PEG list
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Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.
These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.
5 years of ratings
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Compare against
2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 83 that year.
Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.
Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.
Student Achievement60 D−14.9 vs similar economic context · 427 reporting
School Progress66 D−15.7 vs similar economic context · 427 reporting
Closing the Gaps60 D−17.2 vs similar economic context · 424 reporting
Academic Growth58 F−15.2 vs similar economic context · 408 reporting
Relative Performance66 D−14.0 vs similar economic context · 424 reporting
Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
Similar economic-disadvantage rate (427 in cohort)
Domain scores
Domain
Score
Grade
Points to next grade
Student Achievement
60
D
10
School Progress
66
D
4
Closing the Gaps
60
D
10
Academic Growth
58
F
2
Relative Performance
66
D
4
Closest to moving up: School Progress, 4 points below C in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.
TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student
Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (66), so
Student Achievement (60) is published above but does not enter the overall
score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 66.
Student outcomes
STAAR performance
All Subjects
Approaches grade level60%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Meets grade level33%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Masters grade level11%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
Approaches grade level66%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Meets grade level42%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Masters grade level13%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting
Math3 performance levels
Approaches grade level53%−14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
Meets grade level23%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
Masters grade level7%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 426 reporting
Science3 performance levels
Approaches grade level64%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
Meets grade level36%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
Masters grade level16%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 405 reporting
Approaches grade level
Meets grade level
Masters grade level
Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (427 in cohort)
Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.
Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only charter campuses for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
Students
592
Economically disadvantaged
87.8%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
24.3%−18.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.0%+3.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
94.5%+1.9 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.6%−10.8 pts vs similar economic context
Student demographics
Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
African American 16.9%
Hispanic 65.5%
White 12.2%
Asian 1.2%
Two or More Races 4.2%
Selected comparison averageFor charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting for every category shown · 427 in full cohort
African American 17.9%
Hispanic 75%
White 3.9%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 1.6%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 1.3%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized charter campuses · 454 reporting for every category shown · 454 in full cohort
African American 16.5%
Hispanic 65.4%
White 9.6%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 6%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 2.2%
Texas charter average829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
African American 17.5%
Hispanic 61.8%
White 12.2%
American Indian 0.3%
Asian 5.5%
Pacific Islander 0.1%
Two or More Races 2.5%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
Students in this TEA accountability summary
592
Economically disadvantaged students
520
Emergent bilingual students
144
Special education students
95
Campus mobility · 2024–25
Mobile students
39
Students in TEA mobility denominator
441
TEA-published mobility rate
8.8%
The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.
The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.
Enrollment over time
TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.
TEA reported 592 students in 2025–26, an increase of 23 (4.0%) from 2024–25.
Latest enrollment
592
2025–26
Change from 2024–25
+23
Increase · +4.0%
Change since 2021–22
+50
Increase · +9.2%
Enrollment in 2025–26
This school
592
Selected comparison
515.4
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 rated charter campuses reporting
Student enrollment by school year for Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
School year
Students enrolledHarmony Science Acad (Waco)
Change from previous school year
Average enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22
542
First available year
498.2
2022–23
575
Increase of 33 (6.1%)
511.3
2023–24
566
Decrease of 9 (1.6%)
515.5
2024–25
569
Increase of 3 (0.5%)
517.5
2025–26
592
Increase of 23 (4.0%)
515.4
The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting charter campuses in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.
These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.
Discipline and removal from class
TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.
Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed
Rate not available
Disciplinary actions
10
1.61 per 100 students
Cumulative year-end enrollment
622
2024–25
Actions per 100 students · 2024–25
This school
1.61
Selected comparison
17.7
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 285 rated charter campuses reporting
−16.1 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
School year
Cumulative enrollment
Studentsall discipline
Students% of enrollment
Actionsall discipline
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21
539
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
2021–22
624
13
2.1%
24
3.85
10.7%
17.4
2022–23
651
11
1.7%
16
2.46
11.4%
19.6
2023–24
624
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
2024–25
622
Suppressed
—
10
1.61
—
17.7
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Harmony Science Acad (Waco) in 2024–25
Category
Students
Students% of enrollment
Actions
Actionsper 100 students
Studentsselected comparison average %
Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline
Suppressed
—
10
1.61
—
17.7
In-school suspensions
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Out-of-school suspensions
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary DAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Mandatory JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary JJAEP placements
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Expulsions
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Mandatory expulsions
Not reported
—
Not reported
—
—
—
Discretionary expulsions
Suppressed
—
Suppressed
—
—
—
Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized charter campuses can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.
Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.
Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.
Spending per student
The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.
Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
Parent district: Harmony Public Schools - North Texas
Texas average
Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
Spending per student · 2025
This school
$11,395
Selected comparison
$11,804
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated charter campuses reporting
−$409 vs similar economic context
For 2025, TEA reported $11,395 per student for this campus, $12,496 per student for its parent district, Harmony Public Schools - North Texas, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
Year
Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
Parent district: Harmony Public Schools - North Texas
Texas average
Selected comparison average
Reportingselected comparison
2018
$8,704
$9,815
$13,054
$8,471
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 255 rated charter campuses reporting
2019
$8,024
$9,866
$13,108
$8,669
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 316 rated charter campuses reporting
2020
$9,620
$10,577
$14,058
$9,250
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 337 rated charter campuses reporting
2021
$9,306
$10,522
$14,797
$9,514
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 366 rated charter campuses reporting
2022
$11,806
$12,674
$15,708
$11,309
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 386 rated charter campuses reporting
2023
$11,671
$12,533
$16,792
$11,353
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 399 rated charter campuses reporting
2024
$11,423
$13,324
$18,125
$11,546
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 409 rated charter campuses reporting
2025
$11,395
$12,496
$18,972
$11,804
average forcharter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 423 rated charter campuses reporting
The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.
Teachers and actual class size
Average salary
$67,180+$3,421 vs similar economic context
Teachers
38+8.2 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.6−2.4 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Harmony Science Acad (Waco)
Beginning 10.5%
1 to 5 years 42.1%
6 to 10 years 21.1%
11 to 20 years 21.1%
21 to 30 years 5.3%
Selected comparison averageFor charter campuses with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 427 reporting for every category shown · 427 in full cohort
Beginning 13.1%
1 to 5 years 47.7%
6 to 10 years 20.1%
11 to 20 years 14.5%
21 to 30 years 3.9%
Over 30 years 0.7%
Selected comparison averageFor similarly sized charter campuses · 454 reporting for every category shown · 454 in full cohort
Beginning 13.4%
1 to 5 years 46.9%
6 to 10 years 20.2%
11 to 20 years 13.4%
21 to 30 years 3.8%
Over 30 years 0.5%
Texas charter average829 reporting for every category shown · 829 Texas charter campuses in full cohort
Beginning 13%
1 to 5 years 44.3%
6 to 10 years 19.6%
11 to 20 years 15.4%
21 to 30 years 4.8%
Over 30 years 0.9%
Average students in a class
TEA average class size by grade or subject for Harmony Science Acad (Waco) in 2024–25
Grade or subject
Average students per classHarmony Science Acad (Waco) · 2024–25
Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten
22.9
21.5
Grade 1
21
22.2
Grade 2
19.8
23.4
Grade 3
24.2
24.4
Grade 4
26.4
24.6
Grade 5
26.3
24.2
These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.
The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings,
outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through
txschools.gov,
fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal
links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's
PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026.
The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.
Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to
link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before
pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row
in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 161807001.