📍 9788 State Hwy 154 W, Big Sandy, Upshur County, 75755
Harmony el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Big Sandy, Upshur County. The school has 313 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Amber Legan. It is part of the Harmony Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a rural setting. The school employs 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 52% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Harmony el enrolls 313 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 234 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 66 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.9% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
194 of the school's 313 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 181 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Harmony el is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-50, state senate district 1, state house district 7.
Harmony el is one of 4 schools in HARMONY ISD, based in BIG SANDY, Texas. The district serves 895 students district-wide and employs 88 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 313 students, Harmony el is larger than the district average of about 224 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant