About Dover Public School District
Dover Public School District is a public school system serving Morris County, New Jersey, based in Dover. It serves 3,525 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: large district. By enrollment it is the #111 largest of New Jersey’s 651 school systems.
Size and structure
Dover Public School District enrolls 3,525 students in 5 schools — an average of about 705 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #111 of 651 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Dover Public School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,525 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Dover Public School District employs about 289 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1 — above the New Jersey average of about 12.0:1. Total district staff is roughly 630.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How New Jersey funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Dover Public School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
New Jersey publishes School Performance Reports for every district, covering proficiency, growth, graduation, college-and-career readiness, English-learner progress and climate measures. Look up Dover Public School District on the NJ School Performance Reports.
Accreditation status
New Jersey monitors districts through QSAC (the Quality Single Accountability Continuum), a state review of instruction, governance, fiscal management, operations and personnel; some schools also hold voluntary Middle States accreditation. See the New Jersey Department of Education for a district’s QSAC status.
Dover Public School District vs. New Jersey
See every New Jersey district side by side in the New Jersey directory.
Look up Dover Public School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):