Dora’s public schools
Van Buren School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dora. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Dora’s schools, in brief
School by school
6 of Dora’s 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Parkview Elementary School places highest (better than 91%); James R. Tate Elementary School lowest (34%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Six elementary schools serve Dora, graded from C to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and one high school: Van Buren High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Dora, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Dora · depends on your address
James R. Tate Elementary School
Grades PK–5 · 459 students · 18:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
King Elementary School
Grades PK–5 · 437 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
6th grade in Dora · depends on your address
Northridge Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 713 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
Butterfield Trail Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 557 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
7th grade in Dora · depends on your address
Northridge Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 713 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
Butterfield Trail Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 557 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
8th grade in Dora · depends on your address
Northridge Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 713 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
Butterfield Trail Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 557 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
9th grade in Dora
Van Buren Freshman Academy
Grades 9 · 468 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
10th grade in Dora
Van Buren High School
Grades 10–12 · 1,232 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Van Buren
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Van Buren School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Dora vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Dora’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Dora | — | Van Buren |
Every school in Dora
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Dora’s schools
Are Dora’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Dora. Van Buren School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dora. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 6 of its 9 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Dora in?
Van Buren School District.
Where do Dora kids go to high school?
Van Buren High School.
Parents talk
What Dora families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Dora → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.