East Dover Elementary School

East Dover Elementary School operates as a cozy elementary-level community in Dover, Delaware, run under Capital School District. Current enrollment sits at 331 students spanning grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 461.

Within Capital School District, which oversees 14 schools and 6,491 students, East Dover Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, East Dover Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 11% White, 10% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

In terms of school funding signals, East Dover Elementary School records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting East Dover Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kent County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,477 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. East Dover Elementary School is one of 55 public schools in Kent County (combined enrollment of about 31,256 students).

The closest other public school is South Dover Elementary School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 361 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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