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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the East Dover Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOMS RIVER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341623004732
East Dover Elementary School
725 VAUGHN AVENUE, TOMS RIVER, NJ 08753 · (732) 505-5840 · Ocean County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
257 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
37.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.6pp 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 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 37.3% |
| 2023-24 | 30.1% | 28.7% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 (28.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Dover Elementary School this school | 584 | 44.0% | 28.9% |
| H & M Potter School BAYVILLE | 627 | 43.7% | 38.2% |
| Hopewell Crest BRIDGETON | 524 | 45.4% | 33.3% |
| Memorial School UNION BEACH | 630 | 43.5% | 38.4% |
| Warren E. Sooy Jr. Elementary School HAMMONTON | 696 | 43.5% | 37.6% |
| Franklin Borough School FRANKLIN | 527 | 49.1% | 35.9% |
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 Ocean County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #980 of 1,290 | #40 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #850 of 1,319 ▲ 108 | #33 of 52 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #954 of 1,319 ▲ 107 | #32 of 52 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #252 of 1,562 | #18 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #988 of 1,390 | #35 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.9% | #785 of 1,392 | #24 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #675 of 1,481 | #31 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #369 of 798 | #14 of 30 |
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
584
-115 (-16%) vs 2020
-48% since 1990-91, when it was 1,126
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 584 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 44% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 601 | 49.9 | 12.0:1 | 34% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 53 | 11.5:1 | 35% (215) |
| 2020-21 | 699 | 56 | 12.5:1 | 33% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 54.9 | 12.0:1 | 33% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 55 | 12.3:1 | 35% (236) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 27% (209) |
| 2000-01 | 1,164 | 57 | 20.4:1 | 18% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 1,126 | 60 | 18.8:1 | 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 12% (660 to 584); teachers down 14% (54.9 to 47).
About East Dover Elementary School
East Dover Elementary School is one of the public schools in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 584 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Federal data list 18 schools in Toms River Regional School District, with 14,323 students enrolled.
East Dover Elementary School is 66% White by enrollment. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. By comparison, Ocean County residents are about 83% White. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers at East Dover Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.4:1. That is higher than the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. The lunch program counts 44% of students at East Dover Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 44% average for public schools in Ocean County.
East Dover Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 10% of New Jersey public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For East Dover Elementary School, the prediction is 42.1% and the result is 28.9%.
County data help place the school in context: in Ocean County, the median household income is $89,863, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Ocean County is home to 117 public schools and about 66,051 public school students.
The next-closest public school is Toms River High School East, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, East Dover Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 584, a 16% decrease from 699 in 2020-21.
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Ocean County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
654,362
Census ACS
Median income
$89,863
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
117
66,051 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Toms River Regional School District
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School SouthMiddle · 1,044 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
Other schools in TOMS RIVER
- Toms River High School NorthHigh · 1,861 students
- Toms River High School SouthHigh · 1,463 students
- Toms River High School EastHigh · 1,377 students
- Toms River Intermediate School EastMiddle · 1,271 students
- Toms River Intermediate School NorthMiddle · 970 students
- Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 931 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 largest of the 3.
- East Dover Elementary SchoolDOVER, NJ · 411 students
- East Dover Elementary SchoolDover, DE · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Toms River High School East0.4 mi · 1,377
- Cedar Grove Elementary School1.1 mi · 931
- Washington Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 354
- Island Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 142
- Hooper Avenue Elementary School2.3 mi · 693
- Toms River Intermediate School East2.4 mi · 1,271
Frequently asked questions
About East Dover Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at East Dover Elementary School?
East Dover Elementary School enrolls approximately 584 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does East Dover Elementary School serve?
East Dover Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at East Dover Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 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 66% White, 24% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is East Dover Elementary School in?
East Dover Elementary School is part of Toms River Regional School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.