1
Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003406
Hodges Elementary School
14401 SPRING OAKS, BALCH SPRINGS, TX 75180 · (972) 290-4040 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
518 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
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 | 55 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 21.0% | 21.0% | 48.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Hodges Elementary School
Hodges Elementary School's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodges Elementary School this school | 570 | 90.9% | 28.0% |
| Md Williams Elementary School GARLAND | 562 | 90.2% | 33.8% |
| Stevens Elementary School HOUSTON | 556 | 90.6% | 27.4% |
| KIPP Paseo Primary School AUSTIN | 560 | 90.9% | 34.6% |
| Mount Auburn Steam Academy DALLAS | 548 | 92.9% | 33.7% |
| Smith Elementary School AUSTIN | 566 | 88.9% | 43.3% |
Matched among Texas 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 Hodges Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #3,841 of 4,401 | #353 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,853 of 4,466 ▼ 265 | #366 of 429 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,162 of 4,466 ▲ 800 | #269 of 429 ▲ 94 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,740 of 3,998 | #140 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #1,858 of 4,938 | #144 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,767 of 4,622 | #151 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #3,475 of 4,628 | #328 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #969 of 4,789 | #164 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.7% | #718 of 2,838 | #87 of 274 |
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
570
+50 (+10%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 570 | 39.9 | 14.3:1 | 91% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 40.3 | 13.7:1 | 92% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 552 | 38.2 | 14.4:1 | 89% (490) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 91% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 767 | 47.4 | 16.2:1 | 88% (678) |
| 2015-16 | 881 | 55 | 16.0:1 | 88% (779) |
| 2010-11 | 841 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 79% (664) |
| 2000-01 | 720 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 56% (406) |
| 1990-91 | 849 | 39 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hodges Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (767 to 570); teachers down 16% (47.4 to 39.9).
About Hodges Elementary School
Hodges Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of BALCH SPRINGS, Texas. The school enrolls 570 students in pre-K through 5.
Hodges Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD, where 51 schools serve 37,930 students.
At Hodges Elementary School, 84% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 8% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Hodges Elementary School scores 29%.
There are 39.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hodges Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A total of 518 students, or 91%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 14 points above the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
Hodges Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hodges Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 28.0% actual against 34.9% predicted.
Census data for Dallas County show median household income comes to about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Hodges Elementary School among them.
New Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 37.9% on proficiency, and Hodges Elementary School is below that at 28.0%.
Locale data from NCES put Hodges Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 570, up from 520 in 2020-21.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MESQUITE ISD
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Other schools in BALCH SPRINGS
- Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs MiddlMiddle · 751 students
- KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership AcademyHigh · 618 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolElementary · 552 students
- Mackey Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other Hodges Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Hodges Elementary. Hodges Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Hodges Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 292 students
- Hodges ElementaryHodges, SC · 349 students
Nearby schools
- New Middle School0.4 mi · 670
- Gray Elementary School0.6 mi · 409
- Mackey Elementary School0.6 mi · 478
- Vroonland - Vanguard High School1.3 mi · 1,605
- Dr Linda Henrie Elementary School1.7 mi · 891
- Floyd Elementary School1.8 mi · 552
Frequently asked questions
About Hodges Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hodges Elementary School?
Hodges Elementary School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Hodges Elementary School serve?
Hodges Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hodges Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Hodges Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Hodges Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hodges Elementary School are roughly 5% White, 84% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hodges Elementary School in?
Hodges Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD.
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