HODGE EL

Set in DENTON, Texas, HODGE EL is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within DENTON ISD. It hosts 660 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HODGE EL sits 27% above that benchmark.

Across the 46 schools in DENTON ISD (33,329 students total), HODGE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HODGE EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HODGE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 26.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. HODGE EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: NETTE SHULTZ, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HODGE EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

HODGE EL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 13%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 60% to 76%. Class-load math has rose: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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