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Dover Senior High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
25 Alumni Dr.
Dover, NH 03820
Phone
(603) 516-6900
District
DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
STRAFFORD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1548
Classroom Teachers
102

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Hampshire

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.6% of all NH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Dover Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
46%
57%
59%
35%
34%
46%
46%
57%
59%
35%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
15
14
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 343 22.2%
Grade 10 402 26.0%
Grade 11 382 24.7%
Grade 12 421 27.2%
Total 1548 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 87.8% 87.1% 86.5%
Black 2.0% 2.1% 2.4%
Hispanic 3.1% 3.5% 7.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.7% 7.1% 3.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 19.2% 23.3% 20.8%
Free lunch eligible 16.3% 20.1% 17.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.8% 3.2% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 32,599 1,395,231
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,187.2 155
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 12.5% 16.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.3% 30.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.8% 28.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 19.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 14,707 545,116
Single Parent Households With Children 5.1% 6.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 93.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.8% 39.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.9% 25.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 19.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.6% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.9% 8.5%
$15,000 or less 6.8% 5.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,621 $37,945,224 53.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,106 $4,362,064 6.2%
Staff $485 $1,912,840 2.7%
General Administration $384 $1,514,496 2.1%
School Administration $715 $2,819,960 4.0%
Operation $1,206 $4,756,464 6.7%
Transportation $694 $2,737,136 3.9%
Other $306 $1,206,864 1.7%
Total Support $4,896 $19,309,824 27.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,457 $13,634,408 19.2%
Total Expenditures $17,974 $70,889,456 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,156 $1,895,999,215 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,472 $250,096,974 7.4%
Staff $588 $100,013,157 2.9%
General Administration $661 $112,410,714 3.3%
School Administration $1,048 $178,157,560 5.2%
Operation $1,455 $247,304,347 7.3%
Transportation $762 $129,540,600 3.8%
Other $253 $43,006,278 1.3%
Total Support $6,240 $1,060,516,622 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,582 $438,893,911 12.9%
Total Expenditures $19,978 $3,395,412,653 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%