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If you could change one rule at East Dover Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340393004216
East Dover Elementary School
300 EAST MCFARLAN STREET, DOVER, NJ 07801 · (973) 989-2055 · Morris County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
295 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 15 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 26% smaller than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 71% · 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 grade levels within Dover Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.3% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 29.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 East Dover Elementary School
East Dover Elementary School's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Dover Elementary School this school | 411 | 71.8% | 33.3% |
| Edmund Hmieleski Early Childhood Center PERTH AMBOY | 342 | 72.2% | N/A |
| Evergreen Elementary School PLAINFIELD | 398 | 75.1% | 14.6% |
| School 8 PATERSON | 411 | 78.3% | 11.8% |
| Franklin Elementary School N BERGEN | 509 | 76.8% | 28.3% |
| Hudson Elementary School UNION CITY | 320 | 68.4% | 51.8% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 East Dover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #900 of 1,290 | #74 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #955 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #75 of 77 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #947 of 1,319 ▼ 129 | #72 of 77 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #664 of 1,562 | #23 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #575 of 1,390 | #50 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #1,367 of 1,392 | #89 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #328 of 1,481 | #3 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #231 of 798 | #12 of 44 |
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
411
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 411 | 37.9 | 10.8:1 | 72% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 36.9 | 12.0:1 | 65% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 33.9 | 12.1:1 | 64% (265) |
| 2020-21 | 404 | 35 | 11.5:1 | 84% (338) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 31.9 | 15.5:1 | 82% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 76% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 80% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 347 | 15 | 23.1:1 | 65% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 50 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Dover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (495 to 411); teachers up 19% (31.9 to 37.9).
About East Dover Elementary School
East Dover Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in DOVER, New Jersey. The school's 411 students are in pre-K through 6.
East Dover Elementary School is among 5 schools run by Dover Public School District, which serves 3,208 students.
Most students at East Dover Elementary School are Hispanic: 94% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 3% White and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Morris County is roughly 16% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at East Dover Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
Its 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 10.8:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey average about 11.4:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 72%. On average, public schools in Morris County report 19%.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, East Dover Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for East Dover Elementary School is 26.9%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.3%.
Within Morris County, median household income is about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Morris County number 156 and enroll about 72,239.
The next-closest public school is Dover Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts East Dover Elementary School at 5th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, East Dover Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 404 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 411.
Community posts for East Dover Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dover Public School District
- Dover High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- North Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Academy Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Dover Middle SchoolMiddle · 481 students
Other schools in DOVER
- Dover High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- North Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Academy Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Dover Middle SchoolMiddle · 481 students
- Birchwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
- Dennis B O'Brien Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Other East Dover Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named East Dover Elementary. East Dover Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- East Dover Elementary SchoolTOMS RIVER, NJ · 584 students
- East Dover Elementary SchoolDover, DE · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Dover Middle School0.0 mi · 481
- Birchwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 314
- North Dover Elementary School0.8 mi · 640
- Dover High School0.9 mi · 1,167
- Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering1.0 mi · 181
- Morris Hills High School1.0 mi · 1,140
Frequently asked questions
About East Dover Elementary SchoolHow many students attend East Dover Elementary School?
East Dover Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does East Dover Elementary School serve?
East Dover Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at East Dover Elementary School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at East Dover Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at East Dover Elementary School?
At East Dover Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is East Dover Elementary School in?
East Dover Elementary School is part of Dover Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.