Hodges Elementary

Hodges Elementary is a small K-5 school in Hodges, South Carolina, overseen by Greenwood 50. The school works with 349 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% leaner than the typical public school in South Carolina, which averages around 526 students.

Greenwood 50 runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,477 students. Hodges Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hodges Elementary records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 15% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, census data for Greenwood County shows median household income runs about $52,830, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Greenwood County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,771 students), of which Hodges Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Northside Middle, around 4.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 28% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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