Other / mixed grade configuration · Logan, AL

Harmony School

Federal NCES profile for Harmony School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 47/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 010102001676
0/100100/10047/100
👥 S:T ratio
32
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
33
📋 Attendance
51
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Harmony School earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Alabama median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Alabama schools.

47
Resource Index · Typical
16.9:1
students per teacher
55.5%
free-lunch eligible
337
students enrolled

Harmony School has class sizes near the Alabama median. Computed live against every Alabama school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

337

Alabama · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

20.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

16.9:1

vs 17.7:1 Alabama avg

-5% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

55.5%

vs 58.8% Alabama avg

-6% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Harmony School compares with Alabama and U.S. medians

At or below state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Harmony School

Harmony School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in Logan, Alabama, enrolling 337 students.

At 16.9:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the Alabama median, within a few percentage points of the 17.7:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 55.5% lands close to the Alabama typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 337 puts it in the smaller third of Alabama schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 1,365 scored Alabama schools.

Against 318 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #81.

Its student body is predominantly White (93% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 14/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 337 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 19.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 19.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Cullman County also operates Hanceville Elementary School (648 students) and Holly Pond Elementary School (634 students) alongside Harmony School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Harmony School compares

Harmony School on the metrics families compare, against Alabama and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Alabama Alabama avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 16.9:1 ▼ 5% 17.7:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 55.5% ▼ 6% 58.8% 51.7%
Enrollment 337 top 76% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

16.9:1
Leaner classes than 31% of US schools, heavier class loads than most.
337
Bigger than 38% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
55.5%
free-lunch eligible - 6% below the Alabama average of 58.8%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
16.9:1
students per teacher - 5% below state mean
Top 42% in Alabama - lower ratio than 58% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
19.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$11,519
per pupil, district-wide - below Alabama avg of $12,491
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 337 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 10 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 92.6%
Hispanic or Latino 4.2%
Two or More 2.4%
Asian 0.9%

Largest group: White at 92.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 14.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 14.0, Harmony School is less mixed than the Alabama school average of 42.5.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Cullman County, which includes Harmony School.

$11,519
Per student
-8%
vs Alabama
Avg $12,491
-31%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 25.1%
State 55.5%
Federal 19.5%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Harmony School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Hanceville Elementary School Larger Higher economic need Higher S:T ratio
Holly Pond Elementary School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Fairview Elementary School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
West Point High School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio
Fairview High School Larger Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Harmony School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Cullman County · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Alabama, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Harmony School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Harmony School

How many students attend Harmony School?

Harmony School has 337 students enrolled. It is a public school in Logan, AL.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Harmony School?

The student-teacher ratio at Harmony School is 16.9:1, which is 5% lower than the Alabama average of 17.7:1 and 8% higher than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Harmony School?

55.5% of students at Harmony School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Alabama average of 58.8%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Harmony School?

The largest demographic group at Harmony School is White at 92.6% of enrollment, in Logan, AL.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Harmony School?

Harmony School has a Resource Investment Index of 47/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Harmony School a good school?

Harmony School earns 47/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the Alabama median. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most Alabama schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Cullman County?

Besides Harmony School, Cullman County also operates Hanceville Elementary School (648 students), Holly Pond Elementary School (634 students), and Fairview Elementary School (601 students). See the Cullman County district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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