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Enrollment
698
Elementary
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHARDSON ISD·NCES 483702004131
Dover Elementary School
700 DOVER DR, RICHARDSON, TX 75080 · (469) 593-4200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL698 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
674 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 65%
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 | 32 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (109).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
23.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 16.0% | 32.0% | 45.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 16.0% | 31.0% | 47.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 29.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Dover Elementary School
Dover Elementary School's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Elementary School this school | 698 | 96.6% | 24.0% |
| Smith Elementary School HOUSTON | 730 | 96.8% | 34.4% |
| Risd Academy DALLAS | 731 | 96.2% | 11.4% |
| Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School DALLAS | 685 | 97.8% | 45.5% |
| Anson Jones Elementary School BRYAN | 695 | 94.2% | 40.4% |
| Speer Elementary School ARLINGTON | 682 | 95.3% | 23.5% |
Matched among Texas 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 Dover Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,103 of 4,401 | #387 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,320 of 4,466 ▲ 58 | #413 of 429 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,422 of 4,466 ▼ 52 | #423 of 429 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #283 of 3,998 | #35 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 698 | #935 of 4,938 | #71 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,055 of 4,622 | #182 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #3,687 of 4,628 | #359 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.6% | #321 of 4,789 | #71 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.3% | #519 of 1,307 | #45 of 118 |
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
698
+160 (+30%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 565
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 698 | 48 | 14.6:1 | 97% (674) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 95% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 42.2 | 12.3:1 | 94% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 47 | 11.4:1 | 84% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 40.1 | 15.0:1 | 84% (506) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 85% (550) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 89% (526) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 55% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 565 | 39 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dover Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (600 to 698); teachers up 20% (40.1 to 48).
About Dover Elementary School
Dover Elementary School is a public elementary school in RICHARDSON, Texas. It teaches 698 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 34% higher.
District-wide, RICHARDSON ISD has 55 schools and 38,526 students.
Roughly 88% of students at Dover Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 7% Black and 3% White. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Dover Elementary School scores 22%.
The school had 48 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 97%. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Dover Elementary School is 32.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.0%.
Census data for Dallas County show the median household earns about $76,547 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Dover Elementary School, Dallas County has 771 public schools.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School, is the closest to Dover Elementary School. Dover Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Dover Elementary School comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Dover Elementary School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Dover Elementary School had a net gain of 160 students, or 30%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.4:1 to 14.6:1 over the same years.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHARDSON ISD
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Forest Meadow Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,211 students
- Lake Highlands Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,114 students
Other schools in RICHARDSON
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Richardson West Technology and Arts MagnetMiddle · 771 students
- Math/Science/Tech MagnetElementary · 667 students
- Richland Elementary SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other Dover Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Dover Elementary. Dover Elementary School is the largest of the 10.
- DOVER ELEMENTARYDOVER, FL · 530 students
- Dover ElementaryDover, TN · 486 students
- Dover ElementaryFairfield, CA · 463 students
- Dover ElementarySan Pablo, CA · 458 students
- DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDOVER, AR · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Carolyn G Bukhair Elementary School0.5 mi · 694
- Richardson High School0.6 mi · 2,669
- Dobie Pre-Kindergarten School0.8 mi · 293
- Risd Academy0.8 mi · 731
- Richardson West Technology and Arts Magnet0.8 mi · 771
- Richardson Heights Elementary School1.0 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Dover Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Dover Elementary School?
Dover Elementary School enrolls approximately 698 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Dover Elementary School serve?
Dover Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Dover Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Dover Elementary School.
How diverse is Dover Elementary School?
Dover Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Dover Elementary School public or private?
Dover Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by RICHARDSON ISD.
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