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What's one thing Dover Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFIELD-SUISUN UNIFIED·NCES 061336013984
Dover Elementary
301 East Alaska Ave., Fairfield, CA 94533 · (707) 435-3794 · Solano County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
377 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 72% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
19.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.3pp since 2016
Math
11.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.2pp since 2016
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2016, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.7% | 13.5% | 25.2% | 55.6% |
| Math | 0.9% | 10.7% | 25.3% | 63.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.1% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 17.7% | 13.2% |
| 2022-23 | 8.8% | 5.7% |
| 2021-22 | 8.4% | 4.0% |
| 2018-19 | 22.6% | 9.1% |
| 2017-18 | 20.8% | 9.5% |
| 2016-17 | 14.8% | 7.4% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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
Dover Elementary's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Elementary this school | 463 | 81.4% | 15.0% |
| McKinley Elementary San Leandro | 454 | 82.6% | 30.9% |
| Palms Elementary Lakewood | 463 | 82.3% | 42.4% |
| Mare Island Health and Fitness Academy Vallejo | 423 | 81.6% | 14.7% |
| Don Riggio Stockton | 436 | 81.4% | 24.5% |
| Highlands Elementary Pittsburg | 480 | 76.0% | 19.7% |
Matched among California 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Solano County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #4,931 of 5,151 | #48 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #4,969 of 5,172 ▼ 156 | #50 of 55 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #4,893 of 5,172 ▼ 2 | #49 of 55 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #722 of 5,116 | #4 of 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #2,876 of 5,915 | #38 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,108 of 5,352 | #19 of 58 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.0% | #1,617 of 5,354 | #40 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #2,048 of 5,625 | #12 of 58 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.6% | #779 of 3,837 | #10 of 34 |
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
463
-169 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 463 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 81% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 21 | 21.8:1 | 83% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | 67% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 27 | 23.4:1 | 79% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 24 | 26.3:1 | 85% (536) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dover Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (631 to 463); teachers down 17% (24 to 20).
About Dover Elementary
Dover Elementary, located in Fairfield, California, is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 463 students in kindergarten through 5.
Dover Elementary reports to Fairfield-Suisun Unified, which has 31 schools and 20,505 students.
At 58%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Dover Elementary combined. The school is also 15% Black, 11% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 5% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. Dover Elementary has a diversity index of 62%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 81% of students. Compared with the 60% average for public schools in Solano County, the school's rate is higher.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Dover Elementary would score about 31.8%. It scores 15.0%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Solano County, median household income is about $100,401, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Dover Elementary is among the 110 public schools in Solano County.
Sem Yeto Continuation High is the public school closest to Dover Elementary, about 0.3 miles away. Dover Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Dover Elementary at 4th of 5.
NCES describes the area around Dover Elementary as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Dover Elementary had 632 students in 2020-21 and 463 in 2024-25, a 27% decrease.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Solano County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
451,918
Census ACS
Median income
$100,401
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
60,765 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairfield-Suisun Unified
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Grange MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
- Crystal MiddleMiddle · 774 students
Other schools in Fairfield
- Angelo Rodriguez HighHigh · 2,111 students
- Armijo HighHigh · 1,844 students
- Vanden HighHigh · 1,631 students
- Fairfield HighHigh · 1,605 students
- Grange MiddleMiddle · 944 students
- Green Valley MiddleMiddle · 903 students
Other Dover Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dover Elementary. Dover Elementary is the 4th largest of the 10.
- Dover ElementarySan Pablo, CA · 458 students
- Dover Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 698 students
- DOVER ELEMENTARYDOVER, FL · 530 students
- Dover ElementaryDover, TN · 486 students
- DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDOVER, AR · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Sem Yeto Continuation High0.3 mi · 311
- Fairfield High0.3 mi · 1,605
- Cleo Gordon Elementary0.4 mi · 464
- Public Safety Academy0.6 mi · 745
- Sullivan Language Immersion Academy0.7 mi · 455
- Anna Kyle Elementary0.8 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About Dover ElementaryHow many students attend Dover Elementary?
Dover Elementary enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dover Elementary serve?
Dover Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dover Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dover Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dover Elementary?
At Dover Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 58% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Dover Elementary?
Dover Elementary is overseen by Fairfield-Suisun Unified in Solano County.
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