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Dover School District

Public school districtGrades PK–5

Serves Dover.

Dover’s School Grade A+ better than 97% of Massachusetts school districts

Students
492
Schools
1
Spent per student
$26,028
MA $26,530
Students per teacher
11:1
The gist

What stands out about Dover School District

  • Its letter, A+: results better than 99% of Massachusetts districts
  • Math proficiency 37 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 23 pts above the state
  • 11 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A+: better than 99% of the 394 Massachusetts school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
A+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
A+Dover 6,026

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Dover. Grade by grade →

PK–5ChickeringThis district
6–8Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle SchoolDover-Sherborn School District
9–12Dover-Sherborn Regional HighDover-Sherborn School District

Test scores vs. MA

2021–22
Math proficiency78%
State average 40.7% · 250 students tested
Reading / language arts67%
State average 43.7% · 248 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 98% at Dover-Sherborn, which runs the high school (state 89.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$26,028 per student · 2% below MA
Spending
Classroom instruction 63%Support & administration 37%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 7%State 78%Federal 16%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
475’20
489’21
502’22
497’23
492’24

Up 3.6% since 2020–21.

Students
White 73%Asian 13%Two or more races 6%Hispanic 5%Black 2%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Massachusetts’s other public schools.

Chickering
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Dover
A+
492 students11:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Dover-Sherborn School DistrictSherborn
$27,480per student
Medfield School DistrictMedfield
$22,024per student
Natick School DistrictNatick
$22,229per student
Needham School DistrictNeedham
$25,207per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Massachusetts.