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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 600 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBOROUGH·NCES 120087000943
DOVER ELEMENTARY
3035 NELSON AVE, DOVER, FL 33527 · (813) 757-9457 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
379 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from HILLSBOROUGH. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
31.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.8pp since 2023
Math
43.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 48.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DOVER ELEMENTARY
DOVER ELEMENTARY's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOVER ELEMENTARY this school | 530 | 71.5% | 38.3% |
| ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 579 | 69.4% | 50.7% |
| MENDENHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 587 | 69.5% | 41.1% |
| NORTH HIALEAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 478 | 67.4% | 46.5% |
| FLAMINGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIALEAH | 484 | 66.7% | 48.3% |
| HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMOKALEE | 599 | 74.1% | 56.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DOVER ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,881 of 2,136 | #127 of 172 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #1,798 of 2,149 ▼ 321 | #121 of 176 ▼ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #2,027 of 2,149 ▼ 120 | #149 of 176 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #1,298 of 2,267 | #104 of 182 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #1,336 of 2,077 | #109 of 164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #2,010 of 2,108 | #168 of 169 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #402 of 2,188 | #44 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #493 of 1,374 | #46 of 124 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 530 | 31.8 | 16.7:1 | 72% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 84% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 84% (484) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 47 | 12.9:1 | 97% (592) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 51 | 13.0:1 | 97% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 54 | 12.6:1 | 99% (669) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | 77 | 10.1:1 | 92% (717) |
| 2000-01 | 846 | 67 | 12.6:1 | 84% (710) |
| 1990-91 | 872 | 69 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOVER ELEMENTARY.
About DOVER ELEMENTARY
DOVER ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school in DOVER, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 530 students in pre-K through 5.
DOVER ELEMENTARY is one of the 300 schools that make up HILLSBOROUGH (221,318 students in total).
The student body at DOVER ELEMENTARY is 93% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% White. Among people living in Hillsborough County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. DOVER ELEMENTARY's diversity index is 13%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 31.8 full-time equivalents, or about 16.7 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 72%. Compared with the 43% average for public schools in Hillsborough County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for DOVER ELEMENTARY is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 12% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, DOVER ELEMENTARY is 7.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 38.3%. Predicted: 45.3%.
Among Hillsborough County residents, the median household income is $79,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides DOVER ELEMENTARY, Hillsborough County has 319 other public schools.
The shortest distance from DOVER ELEMENTARY to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, DOVER ELEMENTARY ranks 7th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, DOVER ELEMENTARY is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 78 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.9:1 to 16.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at DOVER ELEMENTARY. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,522,748
Census ACS
Median income
$79,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
320
223,193 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBOROUGH
- FLORIDA CONNECTIONS ACADEMYCombined · 5,748 students
- JULE F SUMNER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,602 students
- NEWSOME HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,157 students
- ALONSO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,863 students
- PLANT CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,572 students
- LENNARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,553 students
Other schools in DOVER
- STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,501 students
- INDEPENDENCE ACADEMYElementary · 811 students
- BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 719 students
- NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 630 students
- WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL CENTERCombined · 61 students
Other Dover Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dover Elementary. DOVER ELEMENTARY is the 2nd largest of the 10.
- Dover Elementary SchoolRICHARDSON, TX · 698 students
- Dover ElementaryDover, TN · 486 students
- Dover ElementaryFairfield, CA · 463 students
- Dover ElementarySan Pablo, CA · 458 students
- DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDOVER, AR · 455 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIS PETERS EXCEPTIONAL CENTER0.1 mi · 61
- BAILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 719
- WALDEN LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 809
- INDEPENDENCE ACADEMY2.7 mi · 811
- STRAWBERRY CREST HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 2,501
- ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About DOVER ELEMENTARYHow many students attend DOVER ELEMENTARY?
DOVER ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DOVER ELEMENTARY serve?
DOVER ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does DOVER ELEMENTARY have?
DOVER ELEMENTARY employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOVER ELEMENTARY?
At DOVER ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 5% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is DOVER ELEMENTARY public or private?
DOVER ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by HILLSBOROUGH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.