Dover School District (New Jersey)

Dover School District
Address
100 Grace Street
Dover
, Morris County, New Jersey, 07801
United States
Coordinates40°53′51″N 74°33′45″W / 40.897378°N 74.562576°W / 40.897378; -74.562576
District information
GradesPreK-12
SuperintendentJames McLaughlin
Business administratorRaymond Slamb
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment3,448 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Faculty244.6 FTEs[1]
Student–teacher ratio14.1:1[1]
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitewww.dover-nj.org
Ind. Per pupil District
spending		 Rank
(*)		 K-12
average		 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,26014$18,891−13.9%
1Budgetary Cost11,738514,783−20.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,392158,763−15.6%
6Support Services1,17712,392−50.8%
8Administrative Cost1,516331,4852.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,280101,783−28.2%
13Extracurricular Activities3391926826.5%
16Median Teacher Salary64,3224164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

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]

  1. ^ a b c d District information for Dover Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. ^ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ^ Dover Public Schools District Policy 0110 - Identification, Dover School District. Accessed February 26, 2023. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades PK through 12 in the Dover School District. Composition: The Dover School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Dover in County of Morris."
  4. ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
  5. ^ Martin, Liz. "Voters have their say on the budgets", Neighbor News, April 28, 2010. Accessed December 18, 2012. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."
  6. ^ "Victory Gardens", Daily Record. Accessed April 4, 2011. "Students in grades K-12 attend Dover public schools."
  7. ^ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2009.
  8. ^ Dover High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 13, 2017. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services approximately 950 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill."