Elementary · Delaware

East Dover Elementary School

Free meals for all

East Dover Elementary School, a public elementary school in Dover, Delaware: grades k–4, 331 students, 15.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Capital School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
331
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Students per teacher
15.8
Grades
K–4
Elementary

More students per teacher than 79% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 13.7 · 121 schools compared

More students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 78% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 459 · 122 schools compared

Smaller than 67% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 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%

22%proficient

−4.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 38% · 108 elementary schools compared

138 students tested, grades 3, 4 · Smarter Balanced Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Delaware: 34%

14%proficient

−10.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 93% of elementary schools in Delaware

Median 37% · 105 elementary schools compared

140 students tested, grades 3, 4 · 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
Elementary · Grades K–4
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

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

Location

Address
852 South Little Creek Road, Dover, DE 19901
Phone
(302)672-1500
City or town
Dover

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–457718.921%18%
K–434116.626%28%
K–840920.543%30%
K–431410.137%32%
Fairview Elementary SchoolFree meals for all
K–428713.034%35%
Academy Of Dover Charter SchoolCharterFree meals for all
K–844315.332%27%

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.

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.

Sources

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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