Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORANGE·NCES 120144001413
DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY
1200 GASTON FOSTER RD, ORLANDO, FL 32812 · (407) 249-6330 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
241 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
52.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
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
54.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
390
+10 (+3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.1:1
% White
23%
was 23%
% Hispanic
62%
was 59%
% Black
12%
was 12%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY
Located at 1200 GASTON FOSTER RD, in ORLANDO, Florida, DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY is a compact K-5 school that instructs 390 students (grades K through 5), overseen by ORANGE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY sits 35% smaller than that benchmark.
DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY is one of 272 schools operated by ORANGE, a district that serves 207,778 students overall.
Demographically, DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 23% White, 12% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 39%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.2%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of +3.8 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $79,719, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Orange County's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 216,813 students), DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PASSPORT CHARTER, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 40.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY has grew 3%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,471,937
Census ACS
Median income
$79,719
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
286
216,813 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ORANGE
- APOPKA HIGHHigh · 3,446 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- WINTER PARK HIGHHigh · 3,277 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- WINDERMERE HIGHHigh · 3,217 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
Other schools in ORLANDO
- FLORIDA VIRTUAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,331 students
- TIMBER CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,383 students
- COLONIAL HIGHHigh · 3,239 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGHHigh · 3,127 students
- LAKE NONA HIGHHigh · 2,974 students
- DR. PHILLIPS HIGHHigh · 2,964 students
Nearby schools
- PASSPORT CHARTER0.4 mi · 181
- BETA0.7 mi · 50
- UCP DOWNTOWN CHARTER0.7 mi · 188
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY CHARTER1.0 mi · 299
- ACCELERATION EAST1.1 mi · 212
- ENGELWOOD ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARYHow large is DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY?
DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY serve?
DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY?
At DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 23% White, 62% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY?
DOVER SHORES ELEMENTARY is overseen by ORANGE in Orange County.
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