DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL

DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment junior high in DOVER, Arkansas, part of DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grades 5 through 8.

Across the 3 schools in DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,205 students total), DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 64% of students at DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.

Around the school, Pope County reports that median household income runs about $57,344, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Pope County (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students).

DOVER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 375 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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