Dover School District (New Jersey)
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| Dover School District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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100 Grace Street
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07801United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′51″N 74°33′45″W / 40.897378°N 74.562576°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Grades | PreK-12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Superintendent | James McLaughlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Business administrator | Raymond Slamb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Schools | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Enrollment | 3,448 (as of 2021–22)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Faculty | 244.6 FTEs[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Student–teacher ratio | 14.1:1[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| District Factor Group | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dover School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dover in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[3]
As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 3,448 students and 244.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.1:1.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[4]
Students in grades K-12 from Victory Gardens attend the schools of the Dover School District, which has been consolidated since 2010.[5][6][7] Students in grades 7-12 from Mine Hill Township participate in the Dover district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[8]
Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[9]) are:[10][11]
- Elementary schools
- Academy Street Elementary School[12] with 470 students in grades K-6
- Nicholas Edwards, principal[13]
- East Dover Elementary School[14] with 389 students in grades K-6
- Joshua Chuy, principal[15]
- North Dover Elementary School[16] with 658 students in grades PreK-6
- Heather D. Carlton, principal[17]
- Middle school
- High school
- Dover High School[20] with 1,094 students in grades 9-12
- Freddy R. Nuñez, principal[21]
