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Academy Of Dover Charter School

Public, Charter Grades K-8

82^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 106 Delaware Elementary Schools

Better than 23% of Delaware elementary schools

Summary

Academy Of Dover Charter School is a K-8 charter school in Dover, DE, serving 443 students and operating as its own district, which currently ranks 27th out of 34 districts in Delaware.

The most remarkable story at this school is its dramatic improvement in attendance. In 2024-2025, the chronic absenteeism rate dropped to just 1.0%—a stunning turnaround from 23.9% the year before and far below the state average of 17.1%. This means nearly every student is showing up to class every day, which is an incredible achievement. However, this success hasn't yet translated into academic gains. The school's overall ranking actually slipped slightly, and test scores remain below state averages in most subjects. For example, 3rd grade reading proficiency is 19.7% compared to the state's 40.05%, and 8th grade math is just 13.95% versus 29.39% statewide. Social Studies is a particular concern, with 8th grade proficiency at only 11.63%—less than one-third of the state average. The school's strongest performance came in 2023-2024, when 7th graders hit 64.71% proficiency in reading, well above the state average, suggesting the school is capable of strong results but hasn't been able to replicate that success consistently.

When comparing to nearby schools, the most telling comparison is with Campus Community School, another K-8 charter just half a mile away. Campus Community ranks 12th in the state (4 stars) versus Academy of Dover's 27th (1 star), and outperforms it significantly in nearly every subject—for instance, 65% vs. 19.7% in 3rd grade reading. Interestingly, Campus Community has a higher chronic absenteeism rate (15%) yet achieves far better academic results. This suggests that while Academy of Dover has solved its attendance problem, other challenges around instructional quality and curriculum remain. The school spends about $11,670 per student, less than most nearby Capital School District schools but more than W. B. Simpson Elementary School. For parents, this school offers a safe, consistent environment where kids show up, but academic support at home may be especially important given the current performance gaps.

443

Students ?

15.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

98.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

104 Saulsbury Road
Dover, DE 19904

(302) 674-0684

District: Academy of Dover Charter School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

68.8%

Hispanic:

16.7%

White:

9.5%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 15th percentile in 2015 → 23rd in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 8 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Delaware average (27% vs 43% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (23rd percentile)

!Social Studies scores 20 pts below the Delaware average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school27%

District avg27%

Delaware avg43%

Elementary school

82^nd of 106

Delaware public elementary schools ?

Bottom 23%▲ up 5 pts since 2019

From bottom 17% (2019) to bottom 23% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

51^st of 59

Delaware public middle schools ?

Bottom 14%▼ down 35 pts since 2023

From bottom 49% (2023) to bottom 14% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

27^th of 34Academy of Dover Charter School among Delaware districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	22.5	82 of 106	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	29.2	74 of 109	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.8	69 of 106	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.1	76 of 103	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	74 of 104	28.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	18.4	78 of 95	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.5	87 of 105	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	17.9	92 of 108	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	31.2	48 of 69	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.8	46 of 68	32.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.0	31 of 62	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.2	37 of 60	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.6	44 of 60	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.7	50 of 72	30.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	10.6	90 of 98	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	24.8	78 of 97	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.4	61 of 97	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	43.8	54 of 89	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	26.0	71 of 90	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.0	78 of 99	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	24.4	65 of 75	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	26.9	55 of 70	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	44.0	39 of 66	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.5	35 of 66	47.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	50.1	29 of 62	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	33.9	62 of 92	32.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	28.3	71 of 98	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	30.9	65 of 97	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.0	82 of 97	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.8	77 of 89	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	75 of 90	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	87 of 99	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	14.2	51 of 59	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.6	44 of 59	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	42.2	27 of 54	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.6	27 of 53	49.1%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2026	38.2	27 of 45	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.9	29 of 49	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	69.2	9 of 43	79.1%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	17.6	46 of 55	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	41 of 55	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

African American (2026)30th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2026)28th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile-9 vs school

Female (2026)8th percentile-14 vs school

Middle school

African American (2026)40th percentile+26 vs school

Male (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2025-2026) ?

Social Studies29%-20 vs state

English Language Arts28%-14 vs state

Mathematics24%-13 vs state

Science18%-12 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Wednesday, July 30, 2014

You need to update your information on the school. It is not a k-5 and the DCAS testing scores have gained then the accommodation of a Superior School! If you are going to rank schools and post it PLEASE make sure it is up to date and CORRECT! Close Quote

by a parent
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Poorly run school. My child's grades dropped steadily all year and they seemed not to care. I even made suggestions but was ignored by the teacher. Bad school. Close Quote

by a teacher
Saturday, June 30, 2012

Your information on this school is not up to date. It does have DCAS scores and is rated a, "superior" school. Also it's grade configuration is K-4. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				DeSSA Science (2026)	DeSSA Social Studies (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts (2026)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2016)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	DeSSA Science 5th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 4th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 5th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 6th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 7th Grade	DeSSA Social Studies 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Total
Academy Of Dover Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	104 Saulsbury Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Academy of Dover Charter School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 674-0684	443	29	15.2	98.9%	42 (9.5%)	305 (68.8%)	74 (16.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	22.5	82^nd of 106 public elementary schools	22.6%		29.2	74^th of 109 public elementary schools	32.1%	8	18.4	35.2	37.5	22.5	35.9	11.6	19.7	38.2	30.6	25.0	23.1	30.2	22.7	34.6				14.0
Booker T. Washington Elementary School	Public	1-5	901 Forest Street	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1900	314	31	10.1	55.3%	57 (18.2%)	195 (62.1%)	27 (8.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.9%)	22.9	81^st of 106 public elementary schools	23.6%		35.2	67^th of 109 public elementary schools	38.5%	14	20.3	24.7	38.7				25.7	29.3	31.1				21.1	41.3	24.0				$34,688
Campus Community School	Public, Charter	K-8	350 Pear Street	Dover	19904	Kent County	Campus Community School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(302) 736-0403	409	20	20.4	46.0%	73 (17.8%)	267 (65.3%)	23 (5.6%)	11 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	42.8	59^th of 106 public elementary schools	44.3%		36.9	63^rd of 109 public elementary schools	42.2%	4	13.0	22.9	38.6	53.2	35.9	22.0	65.0	32.7	32.6	57.1	27.5	45.5	67.5	22.5	10.9	44.9	27.5	38.6
Fairview Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	700 Walker Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	287	22	13.0	58.9%	58 (20.2%)	145 (50.5%)	47 (16.4%)	4 (1.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (11.1%)								(n/a)																			$20,508
North Dover Elementary School	Public	1-5	855 College Road	Dover	19904	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	333	17	19.5	51.3%	79 (23.7%)	167 (50.2%)	52 (15.6%)	7 (2.1%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	21 (6.3%)	32	72^nd of 106 public elementary schools	32.1%		26.2	78^th of 109 public elementary schools	28.4%	6	30.2	26.5	58.8				24.2	32.9	39.6				33.9	31.0	28.3				$20,734
South Dover Elementary School	Public	1-5	955 South State Street	Dover	19901	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1980	577	31	18.8	61.5%	69 (12.0%)	353 (61.2%)	93 (16.1%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (9.2%)	7.7	100^th of 106 public elementary schools	5.7%		12.5	97^th of 109 public elementary schools	11.0%	3	10.1	22.9	29.3				17.7	17.7	22.6				11.6	11.6	5.0				$18,906
Towne Point Elementary School	Public	1-5	629 Buckson Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1590	341	21	16.6	68.1%	40 (11.7%)	212 (62.2%)	57 (16.7%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.7%)	17.7	85^th of 106 public elementary schools	19.8%		22.7	82^nd of 109 public elementary schools	24.8%	3	10.3	30.4					29.8	22.0	27.3				27.4	25.4	13.2				$21,995
W. Reily Brown Elementary School	Public	1-5	360 Webbs Lane	Dover	19904	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-2101	506	37	13.6	58.7%	158 (31.2%)	222 (43.9%)	66 (13.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.9%)	38.9	63^rd of 106 public elementary schools	40.6%		34.4	68^th of 109 public elementary schools	37.6%	5	22.8	38.1	58.0				41.1	33.7	36.6				46.2	25.5	29.7				$18,320
East Dover Early Childhood Center	Public	PK-K	852 South Little Creek Road	Dover	19901	Kent County	Capital School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 672-1500	331	21	15.7	65.4%	37 (11.2%)	173 (52.3%)	83 (25.1%)	5 (1.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.7%)								(n/a)																			$24,086
W. B. Simpson Elementary School	Public	1-5	5 Old North Road	Camden	19934	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	Yes	(302) 697-3207	465	31	15.0	38.4%	273 (58.7%)	91 (19.6%)	37 (8.0%)	18 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.7%)	91.1	8^th of 106 public elementary schools	92.5%		86.6	12^th of 109 public elementary schools	89.0%	4	58.8	59.6	82.3				56.0	67.8	74.2				59.3	65.6	63.9				$17,266

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Students at Academy Of Dover Charter School are 69% African American, 17% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% Two or more races.

How many students attend Academy Of Dover Charter School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 443 students attended Academy Of Dover Charter School.

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Academy Of Dover Charter School ranks in the bottom 22.6% of Delaware elementary schools.

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