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What's one thing Dover Middle School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
481
Middle
DISTRICT 642 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOVER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340393000005
Dover Middle School
302 EAST MCFARLAN STREET, DOVER, NJ 07801 · (973) 989-2040 · Morris County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
320 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 255 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 226 | 47% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dover Middle School→Dover High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Dover Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.3pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 29.3% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dover Middle School
Dover Middle School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Middle School this school | 481 | 66.5% | 34.0% |
| New Roberto Clemente PATERSON | 473 | 63.0% | 8.4% |
| Lincoln School FAIRVIEW | 635 | 76.1% | 19.6% |
| Dual Language School Fords | 384 | 76.3% | 32.5% |
| Belleville Middle School BELLEVILLE | 685 | 71.5% | 25.6% |
| Freehold Intermediate School FREEHOLD | 498 | 80.5% | 28.5% |
Matched among New Jersey middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dover Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Morris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #306 of 433 | #32 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #318 of 437 ▼ 21 | #32 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #325 of 437 ▼ 40 | #32 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #267 of 445 | #16 of 32 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #223 of 417 | #27 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #399 of 419 | #32 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #80 of 436 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.6% | #217 of 282 | #17 of 21 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
481
-84 (-15%) vs 2020
+42% since 2000-01, when it was 339
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 481 | 43.8 | 11.0:1 | 67% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 43.8 | 11.0:1 | 53% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 42.8 | 12.2:1 | 58% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 565 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 73% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 31.5 | 16.0:1 | 76% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 75% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 71% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 35 | 9.7:1 | 51% (173) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dover Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (504 to 481); teachers up 39% (31.5 to 43.8).
About Dover Middle School
Dover Middle School is a small middle school in DOVER, New Jersey, administered by Dover Public School District. Its 481 students are spread across grades 7 through 8.
Dover Public School District enrolls 3,208 students in 5 schools, including Dover Middle School.
The large majority of students at Dover Middle School, 89%, are Hispanic. Next come 5% White and 5% Black. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Dover Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
Dover Middle School operates with 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.0:1. Middle schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 10.9:1. Dover Middle School reports 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 19% average for public schools in Morris County, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 29.8%.
In the county around the school, Morris County, median household income is about $137,326, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dover Middle School is among the 156 public schools in Morris County.
The school nearest to Dover Middle School is East Dover Elementary School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles of Dover Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 35.3%; Dover Middle School's is 34.0%, ranking 4th of 8.
Dover Middle School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Dover Middle School had 565 students in 2020-21 and 481 in 2024-25, a 15% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.1:1 to 11.0:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Dover Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Morris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
514,528
Census ACS
Median income
$137,326
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
156
72,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dover Public School District
- Dover High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- North Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Academy Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- East Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
Other schools in DOVER
- Dover High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- North Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Academy Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- East Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 411 students
- Birchwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 314 students
- Dennis B O'Brien Elementary SchoolElementary · 298 students
Other Dover Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Dover Middle. Dover Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Dover Middle SchoolDover, NH · 941 students
- Dover Middle SchoolDover, OH · 616 students
- DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLDOVER, AR · 375 students
- DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOLDOVER PLAINS, NY · 295 students
Nearby schools
- East Dover Elementary School0.0 mi · 411
- Birchwood Elementary School0.8 mi · 314
- North Dover Elementary School0.8 mi · 640
- Dover High School0.9 mi · 1,167
- Academy for Mathematics Science and Engineering1.0 mi · 181
- Morris Hills High School1.0 mi · 1,140
Frequently asked questions
About Dover Middle SchoolHow many students attend Dover Middle School?
Dover Middle School enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Dover Middle School serve?
Dover Middle School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Dover Middle School have?
Dover Middle School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Dover Middle School?
Student demographics at Dover Middle School are roughly 5% White, 89% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dover Middle School?
Dover Middle School is overseen by Dover Public School District in Morris County.
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