📍 One Dover High Drive, Dover, Kent County, 19904
Dover High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Dover, Kent County. The school has 1,771 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Capital School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 107.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 88%. The school offers 25 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dover High School enrolls 1,771 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 107.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 54% Black or African American, 21% White and 16% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 956 | 54% |
| White | 373 | 21% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 279 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 86 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 54 | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 14 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 9 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Dover High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE At-Large, state senate district 17, state house district 31.
Dover High School is one of 13 schools in Capital School District, based in Dover, Delaware. The district serves 6,491 students district-wide and employs 437 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,771 students, Dover High School is larger than the district average of about 499 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small