North Dover Elementary School

Set in TOMS RIVER, New Jersey, North Dover Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school, overseen by Toms River Regional School District. It instructs 384 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Toms River Regional School District, which oversees 18 schools and 14,323 students, North Dover Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, North Dover Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 35% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, North Dover Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Ocean County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, North Dover Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ocean County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ocean County runs 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students), of which North Dover Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Joseph A. Citta Elementary School, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, North Dover Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 27%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 67% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.