Dover Middle School

Dover Middle School operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle school in Dover, Ohio, overseen by Dover City. Current enrollment sits at 616 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 482.

Within Dover City, which oversees 5 schools and 2,658 students, Dover Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dover Middle School reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 2% Black. By comparison, Tuscarawas County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Dover Middle School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Dover Middle School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Tuscarawas County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,044, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Tuscarawas County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,660 students), Dover Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Dover Avenue Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dover Middle School.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dover Middle School has stayed largely flat, going from 603 students in 2018 to 616 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 89% to 75%.

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