Dover School District (New Jersey)
| Dover School District | |||||
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| Superintendent: | Robert Becker | ||||
| Business Administrator: | Vito Dellibovi | ||||
| Address: | 100 Grace Street Dover, NJ 07801 |
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| Grade Range: | K-12 | ||||
| School facilities: | 5 | ||||
| Enrollment: | 2,920 (as of 2008-09)[1] | ||||
| Faculty (in FTEs): | 217.9 | ||||
| Student–teacher ratio: | 13.4 | ||||
| District Factor Group: | A | ||||
| Web site: | http://www.dover-nj.org | ||||
| Ind. | Per Pupil | District Spending |
Rank (*) |
K-12 Average |
%± vs. Average |
| 1 | Comparative Cost | $11,261 | 10 | $13,632 | -17.4% |
| 2 | Classroom Instruction | 6,527 | 10 | 8,035 | -18.8% |
| 6 | Support Services | 1,693 | 26 | 2,166 | -21.8% |
| 8 | Administrative Cost | 1,241 | 14 | 1,379 | -10.0% |
| 10 | Operations & Maintenance | 1,470 | 31 | 1,674 | -12.2% |
| 16 | Median Teacher Salary | 55,497 | 30 | 57,597 | |
| Data from NJDoE 2009 Comparative Spending Guide.[2] *Of K-12 districts with 1,801-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=70 |
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The Dover School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Dover in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
Students in grades K - 12 from Victory Gardens attend the Dover Public School system as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[3][4] Students in grades 7-12 from Mine Hill Township also participate in the Dover district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[5]
As of the 2008-09 school year, the district's five schools had an enrollment of 2,920 students and 217.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4.[1]
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[6]
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2008-09 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[7]) are:
- Elementary schools
- Academy Street Elementary School (K-5, 462 students)
- East Dover Elementary School (K-6, 513 students)
- North Dover Elementary School (PreK-5, 578 students)
- Middle school
- Dover Middle School (6-8, 486 students)
- High school
- Dover High School (9-12, 881 students)
[edit] Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:[8][9]
- Robert Becker, Superintendent
- Vito Dellibovi, Business Administrator / Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ a b District information for the Dover Town School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 4, 2011.
- ^ Comparative Spending Guide March 2009, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009.
- ^ "Victory Gardens", Daily Record (Morristown). Accessed April 4, 2011. "Students in grades K-12 attend Dover public schools."
- ^ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2009.
- ^ Dover High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 4, 2011. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services nearly 900 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill."
- ^ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 27, 2009.
- ^ Data for the Dover School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 4, 2011.
- ^ Dover Public Schools Listing, Dover Public Schools. Accessed April 4, 2011.
- ^ Morris County School Directory, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 5, 2009.
[edit] External links
- 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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