Dover High School
One Pat Lynn Dr Dover DE, 19904, Kent County Phone: 302-672-1525 Ranking:  (18 out of 25, bottom 28%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Capital School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 117 | 113 | 105 | 104 | 105 | 98 | 99 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,696 | 1,619 | 1,507 | 1,524 | 1,450 | 1,469 | 1,502 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 549 | 32.4% | 510 | 31.5% | 484 | 32.1% | 492 | 32.3% | 497 | 34.3% | 583 | 39.7% | 527 | 35.1% |
| Grade 10: | 402 | 23.7% | 429 | 26.5% | 368 | 24.4% | 395 | 25.9% | 416 | 28.7% | 340 | 23.1% | 348 | 23.2% |
| Grade 11: | 386 | 22.8% | 360 | 22.2% | 319 | 21.2% | 327 | 21.5% | 260 | 17.9% | 268 | 18.2% | 309 | 20.6% |
| Grade 12: | 359 | 21.2% | 320 | 19.8% | 336 | 22.3% | 310 | 20.3% | 276 | 19.0% | 278 | 18.9% | 292 | 19.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 840 | 49.5% | 828 | 51.1% | 766 | 50.8% | 781 | 51.2% | 714 | 49.2% | 726 | 49.4% | 742 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 856 | 50.5% | 791 | 48.9% | 741 | 49.2% | 743 | 48.8% | 728 | 50.2% | 735 | 50.0% | 756 | 50.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 8 | 0.5% | 9 | 0.6% | 11 | 0.7% | 12 | 0.8% | 11 | 0.8% | 11 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 50 | 2.9% | 44 | 2.7% | 45 | 3.0% | 46 | 3.0% | 54 | 3.7% | 56 | 3.8% | 58 | 3.9% |
| Hispanic: | 146 | 8.6% | 132 | 8.2% | 117 | 7.8% | 112 | 7.3% | 86 | 5.9% | 79 | 5.4% | 83 | 5.5% |
| Black: | 909 | 53.6% | 848 | 52.4% | 775 | 51.4% | 794 | 52.1% | 755 | 52.1% | 760 | 51.7% | 754 | 50.2% |
| White: | 567 | 33.4% | 570 | 35.2% | 550 | 36.5% | 556 | 36.5% | 544 | 37.5% | 563 | 38.3% | 603 | 40.1% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 15 | 0.9% | 16 | 1.0% | 9 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 721 | 42.5% | 842 | 52.0% | 555 | 36.8% | 665 | 43.6% | 617 | 42.6% | 393 | 26.8% | 469 | 31.2% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 90 | 5.6% | 70 | 4.6% | 73 | 4.8% | 64 | 4.4% | 56 | 3.8% | 86 | 5.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.50 | 14.33 | 14.35 | 14.65 | 13.81 | 15.10 | 15.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| DCAS | ||||||
| 2011 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 44.8% | 43.6% | 58.7% |
| 2012 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 62% | 60% | 71% |
| 2013 | Math | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.01% | 55.01% | 69.24% |
| 2011 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 47.6% | 63.4% |
| 2012 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 66% | 64% | 71% |
| 2013 | Reading | 10th Grade | % met std | 66.90% | 65.90% | 73.34% |
| 2011 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 51.3% | 49.8% | 62.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 60% | 57% | 72% |
| 2013 | Math | 9th Grade | % met std | 62.77% | 60.19% | 69.35% |
| 2011 | Reading | 9th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 47.1% | 57.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 9th Grade | % met std | 60% | 57% | 67% |
| 2013 | Reading | 9th Grade | % met std | 66.87% | 64.07% | 66.80% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Dover High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.