School district · New Hampshire
Dover School District
Dover School District in New Hampshire: 5 public schools with 3,498 students and 12.8 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $21,232 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,498
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- NH 11.3 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $21,232
- NH $23.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 273
- Counselors (FTE)
- 18.0
- Students per counselor
- 194
- NH 182 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 3.0
- Librarians (FTE): 5.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New Hampshire's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New Hampshire: 53%55%proficient
+1.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 53% of school districts in New Hampshire
Median 54% · 160 school districts compared
1,333 students tested, grades 3–8 · NH SAS; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
New Hampshire: 44%42%proficient
+3.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 56% of school districts in New Hampshire
Median 44% · 160 school districts compared
1,353 students tested, grades 3–8 · NH SAS; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 8.3% · $7.5M
- State
- 26% · $23.3M
- Local
- 66% · $58.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $13,717
- Support services
- $7,044
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $3.4M
- Long-term debt
- $79.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K–4 | 412 | 13.3 | 57% | 62% | |
| K–4 | 353 | 12.2 | 61% | 53% | |
| Pre-K–4 | 421 | 12.0 | 44% | 39% | |
| 5–8 | 941 | 13.4 | 56% | 39% | |
| 9–12 | 1,371 | 12.7 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- McConnell Center 61 Locust St., Dover, NH 03820
- Phone
- (603)516-6800
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.