Total enrollment
9,467
+690 (+8%) vs SY 2017-18
22 schools in Dover
Delaware · Public K-12
Dover sits inside Delaware and runs 22 public K-12 schools, serving about 9,467 students between them, an average of 430 per campus.
7-year change in Dover
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
21
+3 (+17%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
22%
was 30%
% Hispanic
14%
was 13%
% Black
54%
was 50%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Dover
Public education in Dover, Delaware runs across 22 schools that educates roughly 9,467 students. By footprint, Dover sits in the average-sized bracket.
For a sense of the school types, the city is built around 13 elementary, 4 middle, 2 high, and 3 other.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 430, lower than the state mean of about 623.
Over the past 7-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 9,467 students, climbed 8% from the 8,777 reported in SY 2017-18. Over that span, Dover opened 3 schools, going from 18 to 21. On the demographic side, White enrollment moved from 30% to 22% over the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this area, the community for Dover discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.