South Elementary School

South Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in Dover, Ohio, overseen by Dover City. Current enrollment sits at 422 students spanning grades pre-K through 1.

Dover City runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,658 students. South Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, South Elementary School shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 29% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Tuscarawas County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Tuscarawas County put median household earnings sit near $65,044, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. South Elementary School is one of 44 public schools in Tuscarawas County (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students).

Nearest neighbor: Dover High School, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 416 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 66% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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.