Hodge Elementary School

Hodge Elementary School is a close-knit elementary campus in Savannah, Georgia, operated by Savannah-Chatham County. The school enrolls 420 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Savannah-Chatham County runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 36,355 students. Hodge Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hodge Elementary School reports that nearly all students (87%) are Black. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Hodge Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at Hodge Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hodge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.1%; this one delivers 34.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Chatham County put median household earnings sit near $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Hodge Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students).

Nearest neighbor: Heard Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hodge Elementary School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 537 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 94% to 87%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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