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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
455
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050543000256
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
135 COLLEGE STREET, DOVER, AR 72837 · (479) 331-2702 · Pope County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL455 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
280 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 9% larger than its 4th grade class (80).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
48.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 47.7% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. 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
50.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Arkansas 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 Arkansas'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 DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 455 | 61.5% | 50.1% |
| ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROSE BUD | 399 | 60.7% | 38.7% |
| FOUNTAIN LAKE ELEMENTARY HOT SPRINGS | 491 | 62.7% | 42.6% |
| BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 474 | 65.6% | 53.5% |
| PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANGBURN | 401 | 64.8% | 44.1% |
| SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 479 | 65.8% | 44.9% |
Matched among Arkansas 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 DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pope County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.1% | #79 of 461 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #96 of 465 ▲ 25 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #96 of 465 ▲ 50 | #4 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 455 | #209 of 531 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #139 of 480 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.4% | #400 of 480 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #352 of 513 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #182 of 311 | #3 of 7 |
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
455
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 455 | 30.2 | 15.1:1 | 62% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 28.5 | 15.3:1 | 74% (324) |
| 2022-23 | 500 | 30.1 | 16.6:1 | 64% (319) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 72% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 513 | 34.4 | 14.9:1 | 39% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 65% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 66% (415) |
| 2000-01 | 289 | 23 | 12.6:1 | 54% (157) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in DOVER, Arkansas, administered by DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT. The grade span is pre-K through 4, and enrollment is 455 students.
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools in DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 1,205 students in total.
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 90% White. It is also 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 30.2 full-time equivalents, or about 15.1 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas have 16.0:1, compared with 15.1:1 here. About 62% of students, or 280, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Pope County average 64%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools: 50.1% actual against 37.0% predicted.
Pope County has about 64,131 residents, and the median household income is $57,344, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. In all, Pope County has 25 public schools and roughly 10,311 students.
DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 0.7 miles from DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 35.9%, lower than DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 50.1%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 455, a 3% decrease from 470 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 16.2 to 15.1 over 4 years.
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Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,311 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DOVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 375 students
- DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 375 students
Other schools in DOVER
- DOVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 375 students
- DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 375 students
Other Dover Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dover Elementary. DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 10.
- Dover Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 698 students
- DOVER ELEMENTARYDOVER, FL · 530 students
- Dover ElementaryDover, TN · 486 students
- Dover ElementaryFairfield, CA · 463 students
- Dover ElementarySan Pablo, CA · 458 students
Nearby schools
- DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 375
- DOVER HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 375
- CENTER VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 397
- CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 399
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 808
- HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.7 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 455 students in grades PK-04.
Is DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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