Dover Air Force Base Middle School

In Dover, Delaware, Dover Air Force Base Middle School is a small middle school. A total of 98 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Delaware is about 655 students, so this school is 85% smaller than average.

Dover Air Force Base Middle School belongs to Caesar Rodney School District, a district of 15 schools and 8,343 students.

Dover Air Force Base Middle School is 65% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reported 15 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 6.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.4:1 average for middle schools in Delaware.

In the county around the school, Kent County, the median household income is $74,477, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Kent County is home to 55 public schools and about 31,256 public school students.

Of nearby public schools, Major George S. Welch Elementary School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dover Air Force Base Middle School.

The federal government classifies Dover Air Force Base Middle School's location as Suburb: Mid-size.

Dover Air Force Base Middle School had 177 students in 2020-21 and 98 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 6.5:1, from 12.6:1.

Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.