DOVER ELEMENTARY

DOVER ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized K-5 school in DOVER, Florida, part of HILLSBOROUGH, caters to 530 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

DOVER ELEMENTARY is one of 300 schools operated by HILLSBOROUGH, a district that caters to 221,318 students overall.

In terms of who attends, DOVER ELEMENTARY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%); the rest comes out to 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, DOVER ELEMENTARY has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hillsborough County's rate of about 43%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DOVER ELEMENTARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,540, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hillsborough County's 320 public schools (combined enrollment of about 223,193 students), DOVER ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DOVER ELEMENTARY comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. DOVER ELEMENTARY's enrollment has ticked down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 663 (now 530). Class-load math has widened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.