Dover Elementary

Dover Elementary operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in North, South Carolina, one of the schools within Orangeburg. Current enrollment sits at 237 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 526 students per school, that is 55% below typical.

Dover Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Orangeburg, a district that caters to 10,462 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dover Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 61% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Across the wider county, Orangeburg County reports that median household earnings sit near $45,675, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Orangeburg County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,507 students), Dover Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: North Middle/High, around 1.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

On the community side, the feed for Dover Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.