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Dover High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
One Dover High Drive
Dover, DE 19904
Phone
(302) 241-2400
District
Capital School District
County
KENT COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1771
Classroom Teachers
107

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Delaware

4

(10 is best)

Better than 36.7% of all DE schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Dover High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
25%
33%
34%
43%
15%
22%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
17
15
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 528 29.8%
Grade 10 499 28.2%
Grade 11 388 21.9%
Grade 12 356 20.1%
Total 1771 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 22.1% 25.4% 42.8%
Black 56.7% 56.5% 32.1%
Hispanic 16.6% 15.5% 20.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.2% 1.6% 4.5%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.4% 1.0% 0.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 60,251 1,031,890
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 531.5 525
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.7% 18.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.1% 30.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.3% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 18.3% 20.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 23,558 396,209
Single Parent Households With Children 12.3% 8.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.1% 91.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 23.5% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 22.2%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.8% 18.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.3% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.0% 16.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.2% 13.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.9% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 9.3% 6.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,162 $71,395,000 57.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,698 $10,860,000 8.8%
Staff $433 $2,768,000 2.2%
General Administration $178 $1,136,000 0.9%
School Administration $971 $6,212,000 5.0%
Operation $2,493 $15,948,000 12.9%
Transportation $483 $3,088,000 2.5%
Other $522 $3,338,000 2.7%
Total Support $6,778 $43,350,000 35.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,347 $8,616,000 7.0%
Total Expenditures $19,287 $123,361,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,459 $1,338,163,000 51.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,889 $267,179,000 10.2%
Staff $654 $92,578,000 3.5%
General Administration $169 $23,910,000 0.9%
School Administration $876 $123,958,000 4.7%
Operation $1,704 $241,019,000 9.2%
Transportation $739 $104,529,000 4.0%
Other $600 $84,874,000 3.3%
Total Support $6,631 $938,047,000 35.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,360 $333,874,000 12.8%
Total Expenditures $18,450 $2,610,084,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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