Middle · Delaware

Dover Air Force Base Middle School

Dover Air Force Base Middle School, a public middle school in Dover, Delaware: grades 6–8, 98 students, 6.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Caesar Rodney School District.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 98
Teachers (FTE): 15.0
Students per teacher: 6.5
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 98% of middle schools in Delaware

Median 14.9 · 40 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 99% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 98% of middle schools in Delaware

Median 672 · 40 schools compared

Smaller than 94% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Delaware's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Delaware: 41%

75%proficient

−0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 98% of middle schools in Delaware

Median 38% · 40 middle schools compared

153 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Delaware: 34%

55%proficient

−6.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 92% of middle schools in Delaware

Median 25% · 39 middle schools compared

153 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Midsize suburb
Run by: Caesar Rodney School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Caesar Rodney School District.

Location

Address: 3100 Hawthorne Drive, Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302)674-3284
City or town: Dover Base Housing
County: Kent County

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Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
F. Niel Postlethwait Middle School	6–8	647	18.0	41%	24%	1.8 mi
Magnolia Middle School	6–8	460	23.0	51%	38%	2.3 mi
Fred Fifer III Middle School	6–8	839	19.1	45%	27%	3.3 mi
William Henry Middle SchoolFree meals for all	5	432	22.7	22%	15%	4.1 mi
Middle School of Excellence	6–8	608	26.4	24%	15%	4.9 mi
Middle School of Innovation	6–8	690	22.3	22%	11%	4.9 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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