Academy Street Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary school in DOVER, New Jersey, Academy Street Elementary School works with 509 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within Dover Public School District. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Academy Street Elementary School sits 26% above that benchmark.

Dover Public School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,208 students; Academy Street Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Academy Street Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 4% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Morris County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Academy Street Elementary School has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Morris County's rate of about 19%.

With demographic context factored in, Academy Street Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.6%; this one delivers 17.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Morris County shows median household income runs about $137,326, about 58% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Morris County's 156 public schools (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students), Academy Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Fernbrook School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy Street Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Academy Street Elementary School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 33.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Academy Street Elementary School's enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 562 (now 509). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Academy Street Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.