Middle · New York
Dover Middle School
Dover Middle School, a public middle school in Dover Plains, New York: grades 6–8, 295 students, 9.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Dover Union Free School District.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 295
- Teachers (FTE)
- 32.4
- Students per teacher
- 9.1
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 73% of middle schools in New York
Median 10.1 · 780 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 95% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of middle schools in New York
Median 447 · 790 schools compared
Smaller than 76% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%43%proficient
−4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 59% of middle schools in New York
Median 47% · 788 middle schools compared
259 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%42%proficient
+0.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 65% of middle schools in New York
Median 49% · 788 middle schools compared
256 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Dover Union Free School District.
Location
- Address
- 2368 Rt 22, Dover Plains, NY 12522
- Phone
- (845)877-5740
- County
- Dutchess County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Pawling Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 319 | 9.1 |
Millbrook Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 168 | 6.8 |
| 6–8 | 990 | 10.1 | |
Schaghticoke Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 791 | 10.8 |
Lagrange Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 817 | 9.7 |
| 7–8 | 878 | 11.7 |
Sources
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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