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East Dover Early Childhood Center

Public Grades PK-K

Summary

East Dover Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 338 students in grades K-4 in the Capital School District in Dover, Delaware. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Delaware elementary schools over the past several years, with a 0 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.

East Dover Elementary School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, with only 19.74% of 3rd graders and 24.19% of 4th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 38.72% and 41.51%, respectively. In mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with only 14.47% of 3rd graders and 14.06% of 4th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 42.17% and 41.07%. The school also struggles with high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 20.4% to 30.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing East Dover Elementary School to other nearby schools in the Capital School District, it becomes clear that the school is underperforming. For example, North Dover Elementary School, which is only 3 miles away, consistently outperforms East Dover Elementary School on standardized tests, with proficiency rates that are 10-20 percentage points higher. Despite the school's challenges, there are opportunities for improvement, as the school's relatively high per-student spending suggests that resources are available to address the underlying issues and provide a better educational experience for its students.

331

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,086

Per pupil spending ?

47.4%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

852 South Little Creek Road
Dover, DE 19901-4797

(302) 672-1500

District: Capital School District

Racial breakdown:

African American:

52.3%

Hispanic:

25.1%

White:

11.2%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 16th percentile in 2013 → 7th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Delaware average (17% vs 40% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 9 percentile points since 2013

!Mathematics scores 27 pts below the Delaware average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg27%

Delaware avg40%

Not ranked this year

East Dover Early Childhood Center did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

24^th of 34Capital School District 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	101 of 109	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.6	84 of 106	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	96 of 103	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.2	98 of 104	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	91 of 105	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.0	73 of 85	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.4	72 of 86	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.4	76 of 86	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	26.6	83 of 108	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	27.6	76 of 91	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	35.9	65 of 90	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	23.6	76 of 91	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	59 of 68	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	31.5	47 of 62	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	53 of 60	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.8	58 of 72	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2024	14.0	89 of 97	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	79 of 89	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	76 of 99	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2024	12.9	62 of 66	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.1	64 of 66	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.0	61 of 62	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.1	74 of 92	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Delaware percentile	Rating
2024	20.6	79 of 97	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.0	89 of 89	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.6	91 of 99	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Male (2024)19th percentile~ school

African American (2025)13th percentile+6 vs school

Female (2024)8th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)6th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs Delaware (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts22%-18 vs state

Social Studies14%-21 vs state

Mathematics14%-27 vs state

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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	Directly certified (2024-25)	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 Science 8th 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
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	47.4%	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
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	49.6%	69 (12.0%)	353 (61.2%)	93 (16.1%)	4 (0.7%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (9.2%)	7.8	100^th of 107 public elementary schools	6.5%		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	50.4%	40 (11.7%)	212 (62.2%)	57 (16.7%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (6.7%)	17.9	85^th of 107 public elementary schools	20.6%		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
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	43.0%	73 (17.8%)	267 (65.3%)	23 (5.6%)	11 (2.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (8.3%)	43	58^th of 107 public elementary schools	45.8%		36.9	63^rd of 109 public elementary schools	42.2%	5	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
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	45.2%	57 (18.2%)	195 (62.1%)	27 (8.6%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	28 (8.9%)	23.2	81^st of 107 public elementary schools	24.3%		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
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	43.6%	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
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	42.4%	42 (9.5%)	305 (68.8%)	74 (16.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (4.5%)	22.9	82^nd of 107 public elementary schools	23.4%		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
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	34.8%	158 (31.2%)	222 (43.9%)	66 (13.0%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (10.9%)	39.1	63^rd of 107 public elementary schools	41.1%		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
Major George S. Welch Elementary School	Public	K-5	3100 Hawthorne Drive	Dover	19901	Kent County	Caesar Rodney School District	No	No	No	No	(302) 674-9080	261	29	9.0	6.9%	153 (58.6%)	30 (11.5%)	32 (12.3%)	10 (3.8%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	29 (11.1%)	93.2	5^th of 107 public elementary schools	95.3%		92.6	4^th of 109 public elementary schools	96.3%	1	63.9		52.1					63.3	79.7	79.0				67.2	64.9	69.4				$22,108
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	47.1%	79 (23.7%)	167 (50.2%)	52 (15.6%)	7 (2.1%)	4 (1.2%)	3 (0.9%)	21 (6.3%)	32.3	72^nd of 107 public elementary schools	32.7%		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

Frequently Asked Questions about East Dover Early Childhood Center

What district is East Dover Early Childhood Center in?

Capital School District

How many students attend East Dover Early Childhood Center?

In the 2024-25 school year, 331 students attended East Dover Early Childhood Center.

What is the racial makeup of East Dover Early Childhood Center?

Students at East Dover Early Childhood Center are 52% African American, 25% Hispanic, 11% White, 10% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

What schools do graduates of East Dover Early Childhood Center attend?

Students who attend East Dover Early Childhood Center usually go on to attend:

High : Dover High School

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2023–24 through 2024–25 graduation ratesSep 29, 2026

2025–26 DeSSA, SAT & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresAug 18, 2026

2024–25 school spending dataMar 23, 2026

2024–25 attendance dataJan 20, 2026

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Delaware Department of Education.

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