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What's one thing Hodge Road Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 370472001677
Hodge Road Elementary
2128 Mingo Bluff Boulevard, Knightdale, NC 27545 · (919) 266-8599 · Wake County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
519 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 82%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Wake County Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
41.3%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
52.5%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among North Carolina's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hodge Road Elementary
Hodge Road Elementary's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodge Road Elementary this school | 522 | 99.4% | 46.5% |
| Butner-Stem Elementary Butner | 476 | 99.4% | 53.4% |
| West Smithfield Elementary Smithfield | 494 | 97.4% | 40.5% |
| Wilson's Mills Elementary Wilson's Mills | 496 | 99.2% | 51.3% |
| Harvey R Newlin Elementary Burlington | 491 | 99.4% | 25.7% |
| Pinewood Elementary Charlotte | 521 | 99.4% | 39.1% |
Matched among North Carolina elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hodge Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Wake County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #915 of 1,297 | #102 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #828 of 1,296 | #96 of 120 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #902 of 1,300 | #104 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #554 of 1,485 | #100 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #346 of 1,377 | #58 of 137 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.3% | #614 of 1,379 | #91 of 137 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #250 of 1,414 | #18 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.8% | #107 of 369 | #15 of 33 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
522
+37 (+8%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 679
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 522 | 38.7 | 13.5:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 39 | 13.1:1 | 69% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 70% (364) |
| 2020-21 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 52% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 35.5 | 12.5:1 | 77% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 46 | 14.3:1 | 85% (558) |
| 2010-11 | 747 | 58 | 12.9:1 | 73% (545) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 43 | 15.8:1 | 43% (295) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hodge Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (443 to 522); teachers up 9% (35.5 to 38.7).
About Hodge Road Elementary
Hodge Road Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in Knightdale, North Carolina. In all, 522 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
In Wake County Schools, 198 schools enroll a combined 163,176 students.
More than half of enrollment at Hodge Road Elementary is Hispanic: 54%. Other groups make up 24% Black, 16% White, and 4% multiracial. Wake County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hodge Road Elementary scores 62%.
Hodge Road Elementary lists 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in North Carolina is 14.9:1. About 99% of students at Hodge Road Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Wake County.
Hodge Road Elementary earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hodge Road Elementary falls in the middle 80% of North Carolina schools: 46.5% actual against 48.5% predicted.
Census data for Wake County show median household income comes to about $105,768, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 237 public schools and about 184,790 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Rogers Lane Elementary, is about 1.4 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Hodge Road Elementary is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 485 students in 2020-21 to 522 in 2024-25.
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Wake County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,178,653
Census ACS
Median income
$105,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
237
184,790 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wake County Schools
- Apex Friendship HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Enloe HighHigh · 2,643 students
- Panther Creek HighHigh · 2,609 students
- Millbrook HighHigh · 2,498 students
- Apex HighHigh · 2,449 students
- Leesville Road HighHigh · 2,411 students
Other schools in Knightdale
- Knightdale HighHigh · 1,695 students
- Forestville Road ElementaryElementary · 570 students
- Knightdale ElementaryElementary · 549 students
- Lockhart ElementaryElementary · 463 students
Nearby schools
- Rogers Lane Elementary1.4 mi · 763
- River Oaks Middle2.5 mi · 7
- Knightdale Elementary2.5 mi · 549
- Lockhart Elementary2.8 mi · 463
- Beaverdam Elementary3.1 mi · 678
- Forestville Road Elementary3.3 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Hodge Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Hodge Road Elementary?
Hodge Road Elementary enrolls approximately 522 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hodge Road Elementary serve?
Hodge Road Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Hodge Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Hodge Road Elementary.
How diverse is Hodge Road Elementary?
Hodge Road Elementary reports a student body of 16% White, 54% Hispanic, 24% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hodge Road Elementary?
Hodge Road Elementary is overseen by Wake County Schools in Wake County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.