Dover Senior High School

Dover Senior High School is one of the sprawling 9-12 campuss in Dover, New Hampshire, part of Dover School District, with 1,371 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 496 students each, so Dover Senior High School sits 176% above that benchmark.

Dover Senior High School is one of 5 schools operated by Dover School District, a district that instructs 3,498 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Dover Senior High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder is composed of 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 108 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.2:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Dover Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.0%.

In the area at large, Strafford County reports that median household income runs about $88,570, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Strafford County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,978 students), Dover Senior High School is one campus in the mix.

Dover Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dover Senior High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dover Senior High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dover Senior High School has ticked up 4%, going from 1,319 students in 2018 to 1,371 in 2025.

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