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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005020
Dover Elementary
1870 19th St., San Pablo, CA 94806 · (510) 231-1420 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
421 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (63).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
14.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.7pp since 2014
Math
10.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.6% | 10.8% | 23.1% | 62.5% |
| Math | 1.6% | 8.6% | 20.4% | 69.4% |
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 | 14.3% | 10.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.1% | 8.3% |
| 2022-23 | 15.5% | 7.5% |
| 2021-22 | 17.7% | 6.8% |
| 2018-19 | 26.3% | 10.5% |
| 2017-18 | 20.6% | 9.3% |
| 2016-17 | 19.3% | 9.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California 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 California'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
Dover Elementary's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Elementary this school | 458 | 91.9% | 12.1% |
| Walnut Avenue Elementary Chino | 483 | 91.7% | 27.1% |
| Dolores Huerta Elementary Stockton | 453 | 91.2% | 14.1% |
| Foothill Elementary Riverside | 451 | 93.3% | 17.8% |
| Balboa Elementary San Diego | 457 | 92.1% | 28.7% |
| Spanos (Alex G.) Elementary Stockton | 482 | 91.9% | 21.2% |
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 Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #5,056 of 5,151 | #136 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #5,035 of 5,172 ▲ 37 | #143 of 153 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.3% | #5,066 of 5,172 ▼ 49 | #137 of 153 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #3,341 of 5,116 | #80 of 150 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #2,925 of 5,915 | #91 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.9:1 | #2,908 of 5,352 | #84 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #4,384 of 5,354 | #158 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #847 of 5,625 | #7 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.7% | #396 of 3,837 | #7 of 107 |
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
458
-130 (-22%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
22.9:1
was 25.6:1
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 | 458 | 20 | 22.9:1 | 92% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 485 | 20 | 24.3:1 | 83% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 530 | 24 | 22.1:1 | 58% (308) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 23 | 25.6:1 | 90% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 681 | 25.8 | 26.4:1 | 92% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 740 | 29 | 25.5:1 | 95% (701) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | N/A | N/A | 85% (664) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 40 | 18.5:1 | 96% (709) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 30 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dover Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (681 to 458); teachers down 22% (25.8 to 20).
About Dover Elementary
Dover Elementary is an elementary school located in San Pablo, California, in Contra Costa County. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 458 students in 2024-25.
Dover Elementary is among 52 schools run by West Contra Costa Unified, which serves 25,133 students.
At Dover Elementary, 89% of students are Hispanic. It is also 5% Asian and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Contra Costa County is roughly 28% Hispanic. The diversity index for Dover Elementary is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its ratio of 22.9:1 is based on 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. In all, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Contra Costa County averages 45%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Dover Elementary is 25.7%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 12.1%.
Census data for Contra Costa County show the median household earns about $127,229 a year, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Contra Costa County number 280, with about 167,423 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Edward M. Downer Elementary, is about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dover Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Dover Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 22% over 4 years, reaching 458 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.6:1 to 22.9:1 over the same years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in West Contra Costa Unified
- El Cerrito HighHigh · 1,460 students
- Richmond HighHigh · 1,280 students
- Pinole Valley HighHigh · 1,245 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- Hercules HighHigh · 767 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
Other schools in San Pablo
- Caliber: Beta AcademyElementary · 971 students
- Helms MiddleMiddle · 558 students
- Montalvin Manor ElementaryElementary · 474 students
- Vista Independent Study / Virtual AcademyCombined · 420 students
- Edward M. Downer ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Lake ElementaryElementary · 350 students
Other Dover Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dover Elementary. Dover Elementary is the 5th largest of the 10.
- Dover ElementaryFairfield, CA · 463 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
- Edward M. Downer Elementary0.4 mi · 388
- Richmond High0.5 mi · 1,280
- Ford Elementary0.7 mi · 371
- Helms Middle0.7 mi · 558
- Verde Elementary0.7 mi · 341
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary0.8 mi · 408
Frequently asked questions
About Dover ElementaryHow many students attend Dover Elementary?
Dover Elementary enrolls approximately 458 students in grades KG-06.
Is Dover Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dover Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Dover Elementary have?
Dover Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Dover Elementary?
Student demographics at Dover Elementary are roughly 1% White, 89% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dover Elementary public or private?
Dover Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by West Contra Costa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.