Hodge Road Elementary

2128 Mingo Bluff Boulevard

School District

Wake County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:8
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 29, 2024

My daughter was in the dual program from Kinder-5th grade. She loved the school, all of her teachers and the students in her classes. The staff is friendly, engaging and they work with families to ensure that the students have what they need to be successful. I highly recommend this school and the dual immersion program.
Submitted by parent on May 10, 2024

This is our 4th year at hodge road. We love the school, the teachers and the staff. We have 2 kids in the dual immersion program and our experience have been excellent
Submitted by parent on November 09, 2022

My daughter has been in the dual language program at Hodge road elementary for 3 years now. We love it! All off the teachers are so caring, and the administrators are wonderful. I feel my child is in a very safe learning environment daily. The PTA is great too!
Submitted by parent on November 09, 2022

This is my child's first year at Hodge road elementary and I am amazed at how great the school as at communicating with parents and the community. The school has so many events that support children's learning in both education and character development. Parents are even invited to things too! My kid loves it there, and feels so welcome. Best teachers, and admin is so personable.
Submitted by parent on June 23, 2022

We have had a great experience in Hodge Road. The staff is very engaging and goes above and beyond. My kids absolutely love going there and learning different culture and languages
Submitted by parent on March 17, 2022

This school does not do anything for children who are getting bullied. Not the principal, the assistant principal, the counselor, the teachers. Do not expect for anyone to do anything to help your child because they won’t.
Submitted by parent on November 15, 2021

I have 2 children at Hodge (2nd & kindergarten) and we love it. Both my kids are in the Spanish Immersion Program and we are so happy with their experience. All the teachers we have had have been loving and given our kids a great experience. The school is small, but that's one thing we love about it. It gets a rap as an undesirable school, maybe because of test scores?, but as a former educator, I know that that number rarely relates to the quality of a school. If you get a chance, send your kids to Hodge! You won't regret it!
Submitted by parent on September 06, 2018

The best. I cannot recommend them enough
Submitted by parent on November 13, 2016

This school is a great school. My children love the teachers and are always excited about the learning criteria. They also offer dual classes which is Spanish and English. Kudos to you Hodge Rd Elementary! T. Artis
Submitted by parent on December 04, 2015

This school is not the worst school, But not the best at all. My daughter was in there for a couple of months. And everyday she came home, she was complaining about other kids hitting her. And not just a hit because some kids play rough,But some of the things she told me. I was very upset. I spoke to the teachers on several occasions and still no change. It was a lot of favoritism in the school. I would email her teachers to see how she was doing. Or to remind them of something and they never responded back as a teacher that was very unprofessional. I also spoke with the principal but things were still the same. So I knew it was time for me to remove my child from that school, which I did!!! The overall ratings of this school is terrible. I would not recommend this school to anyone close to me. It was a number of things that went on that I just didn't agree with at all. I am so happy I removed her from hodge road elementary. It was her first school she ever went to, And she had a terrible time.
Submitted by parent on March 28, 2014

This school has, bar none, some of the best teachers in the county. If you look at the students' scores longitudinally, you will see that the children in this school improve every year they are there. The teachers put 110% into their kids every day. They face great hardship financially because many many parents in the school are working more than one job to make ends meet and a LARGE number of children are ESL. But I have never seen a bunch of educators so willing to go the extra mile and do so much with so little support from the Board of Education or the town of Knightdale.
Submitted by parent on March 21, 2014

My daughter started here in first grade now going to third I haven't had any issues the teachers are great my daughter is doing great and she loves the school
Submitted by parent on November 29, 2013

Bar none the worst elementary school we've exprienced and I blame it on those in charge. We have been vocal over very valid concerns with the school and all they do is turn the situation around to attempt to make us look bad. The school is lacking in so many areas...it's poorly funded and Principal needs to be replaced...That is the only hope this school has at this point. If you are zoned here and care about your child's education, do not go here - people removed their kids for a reason!
Submitted by parent on September 19, 2013

the leadership in the school needs better training or at least better communication skills. I've been to all the after school parent activities and have never seen the principal. if she is there she has never introduced herself. Not the teachers, but the administration seems like they don't want see or interact with the parents. For me this is shocking. i don't think the teachers are bad but they are not consistent with there enforcement of class rules. Some kids get in trouble and some kids don't, for doing the same things. little kids notice this kind of treatment and that's not good. I think this will be the last year my child will attend Hodge Road elementary school.
Submitted by parent on June 13, 2013

Amazing school. The parents in the area take their kids out of this school but what they don't understand is this is the best school in the area. The teachers are great, the board is forced to bring non English speaking kids in because of all the parents in the area that took their kids out. Go here!
Submitted by parent on February 15, 2013

I absolutely agree with an earlier review that Hodge Road has some of the best teachers in Wake County. My daughter is a 5th grader there. All but one teacher has been wonderful and made our experience meaningful. It is also true that the focus and resources lean heavily to the ESL and low performing students. The principal is not consistent in her leadership and support of the teachers. If we had other choices, we would not choose to attend here.
Submitted by parent on January 08, 2012

This is a really good school with probably the most talented teachers in the state. As the earlier review said the board of education dealt them some bad cards in sending non english speaking students there but what they have done with it is great. The area around the school is great, they just need more of the actual knightdale parents to send their kids there so it can balance out the population.
Submitted by parent on May 28, 2011

I believe that this school focuses more on children that are ESL and doesnt focus on those who are not. I believe that my sons expierence here would have been better is he would have had a classroom that all children were treated the same. Instead they labled him as the trouble maker and there is a complaint about him every day. Some of the complaints were he was talking in class... he is 5. What 5 yr old doesnt talk in class? I believe the teachers need a better handle of the children they are teaching and need to focus on all of the children and not one group of them.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2011

This is not a good school and obviously offers no support to their teachers. Two teachers have left halfway through the year and who did they bring in to take their places- (fresh new teachers that have never taught a class before) - These teachers yell constantly as they cannot control the class* your child will not learn at this school ! Also they only care about the ESL students in which they get all the funding for programs to teach these students**
Submitted by parent on February 19, 2011

This school has completely failed my son. The poverty levels are high, as are ESL students so no one has time for him. Every day he comes home asking me when will he get to finally learn something new.