Dover Air Force Base Middle School

Dover Air Force Base Middle School, a rural-scale junior high in Dover, Delaware, one of the schools within Caesar Rodney School District, caters to 98 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 85% leaner than the state mean of about 655.

Across the 15 schools in Caesar Rodney School District (8,343 students total), Dover Air Force Base Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Dover Air Force Base Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Dover Air Force Base Middle School records 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.4:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kent County indicate the typical household earns roughly $74,477 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Kent County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students), Dover Air Force Base Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Major George S. Welch Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dover Air Force Base Middle School.

Dover Air Force Base Middle School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Dover Air Force Base Middle School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 111 (now 98). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 23% to 9%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 6.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Dover Air Force Base Middle School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.