Five Harmony Public High Schools were ranked the Top High School in their city in this week's highly prestigious U.S. News & World Report annual ranking of Top High Schools in America.
In determining its top schools, U.S. News & World Report looks at a variety of factors, including college readiness (30%), math and reading proficiency (20%), math and reading performance (20%), underserved student performance (10%), and college curriculum breadth (10%).
In total, 13 Harmony campuses were ranked within the Top 10 in their communities. All 23 Harmony high schools statewide made the U.S. News rankings.
'Top 10 in City' Harmony High Schools
- No. 1 in Beaumont (Harmony Science Academy-Beaumont)
- No. 1 in Carrollton (Harmony Science Academy-Carrollton)
- No. 1 in Euless (Harmony Science Academy-Euless)
- No. 1 in Garland (Harmony School of Innovation-Garland)
- No. 1 in Katy (Harmony School of Innovation-Katy)
- No. 2 in Laredo (Harmony School of Excellence-Laredo)
- No. 2 in Pflugerville (Harmony Science Academy-Pflugerville)
- No. 2 in Sugar Land (Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land)
- No. 3 in Fort Worth (Harmony School of Innovation-Fort Worth)
- No. 6 in Brownsville (Harmony School of Innovation-Brownsville)
- No. 6 in El Paso (Harmony Science Academy-El Paso)
- No. 8 in Austin (Harmony School of Endeavor-Austin)
- No. 9 in El Paso (Harmony School of Innovation-El Paso)
Harmony also had four campuses place among the Top 100 high schools in Texas:
Harmony School of Innovation-Katy (37), Harmony School of Endeavor-Austin (94), Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land (95) and Harmony School of Discovery-Houston (97).
Harmony's curriculum places a heavy focus on STEM skills, Character Education, project-based learning and college readiness. The system has a 98 percent graduation rate for its high school seniors, and 100 percent college acceptance rate among its graduating seniors.
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