Dover High School (New Jersey)
| Dover High School | |
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| Location | |
| 100 Grace Street Dover, NJ 07801 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Dover School District |
| Principal | Delvis Rodriguez |
| Vice principal | Terry Kerr Michael McAuley |
| Faculty | 75 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 874 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.65[1] |
| Color(s) | black, orange |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference |
| Team name | Tigers |
| Website | School website |
Dover High School is a four-year public high school located in Dover, New Jersey in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Dover School District.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 874 students and 75 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.65.[1]
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[edit] Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 220th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 215th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[2] The school was ranked 229th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[3] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 172nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 89 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (85.2%) and language arts literacy (88.8%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[4]
[edit] Athletics
The Dover High School Tigers now compete in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[5] Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Hills division of the Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference that included high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County.
The football team won the NJSIAA North II Group II state sectional championship in 1984, 1992 and 1996.[6]
In 2002, the boys soccer team won the North II, Group II state sectional championship, defeating Parsippany High School 1-0 in the tournament final.[7]
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[8]
- Delvis Rodriguez, Principal
- Terry Kerr, Vice-Principal
- Michael McAuley, Vice-Principal
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Dover High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 22, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 4, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed March 6, 2012.
- ^ NJSIAA 2002 Group 2 Boys' Soccer, NJSIAA. Accessed November 25, 2007.
- ^ Administration, Dover High School. Accessed September 22, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Dover High School
- Dover School District
- Dover School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Dover School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°53′51″N 74°33′45″W / 40.897378°N 74.562576°W
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