Dover School District (New Jersey)

Dover School District
100 Grace Street
Dover, NJ 07801
District information
Grades K-12
Superintendent Robert Becker
Business administrator Catherine Jenisch
Schools 5
Students and staff
Enrollment 3,149 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Faculty 216.1 FTEs[1]
Student-teacher ratio 14.6:1[1]
Other information
District Factor Group A
Website http://www.dover-nj.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending		Rank
(*)		K-12
average		%± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$16,26014$18,891-13.9%
1Budgetary Cost11,738514,783-20.6%
2Classroom Instruction7,392158,763-15.6%
6Support Services1,17712,392-50.8%
8Administrative Cost1,516331,4852.1%
10Operations & Maintenance1,280101,783-28.2%
13Extracurricular Activities3391926826.5%
16Median Teacher Salary64,3224164,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.[2]
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Dover School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dover in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the district and its five schools had an enrollment of 3,149 students and 216.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.6:1.[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.[3]

Students in grades K-12 from Victory Gardens attend the schools of the Dover School District, which has been consolidated since 2010.[4][5][6] Students in grades 7-12 from Mine Hill Township also participate in the Dover district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[7]

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2014-15 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics[8]) are:[9][10]

Elementary schools
  • Academy Street Elementary School[11] (grades PreK-6, 608 students)
    • David Marion, Principal
    • Jonathan Swack, Vice-Principal
  • East Dover Elementary School[12] (K-6, 483)
  • North Dover Elementary School[13] (PreK-6, 750)
    • Kathy Rutan, Principal
    • Patrick Pandolfo, Vice-Principal
Middle school
  • Dover Middle School[14] (7-8, 462)
    • Tawana Clarrett, Principal
    • Heather Doreen Carlton, Vice-Principal
High school

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[16][17]

  • Robert Becker, Superintendent
  • Catherine Jenisch, Business Administrator / Board Secretary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 District information for Dover Public School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending April 2013, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ Martin, Liz. "Voters have their say on the budgets", Neighbor News, April 28, 2010. Accessed December 18, 2012. "The school board goes from 11 members to 10 after this election as the temporary Board seat assigned to the Victory Gardens representative Danielle Press expired permanently on April 20. Now that Victory Gardens has merged with the Dover school district, there will no longer be a dedicated Victory Gardens seat on the Board. Any resident from either Dover or Victory Gardens will be eligible to run for any available Board seat."
  5. ↑ "Victory Gardens", Daily Record (Morristown). Accessed April 4, 2011. "Students in grades K-12 attend Dover public schools."
  6. ↑ 13 Non-Operating School Districts Eliminated, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated July 1, 2009. Accessed December 26, 2009.
  7. ↑ Dover High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 13, 2017. "Dover High School, located 40 miles from New York City, services approximately 950 high school students from the Town of Dover, the Borough of Victory Gardens, and the Township of Mine Hill."
  8. ↑ School Data for the Dover School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Dover Public Schools Listing Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine., Dover Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  10. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for the Dover School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.
  11. ↑ Academy Street Elementary School, Dover School District. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  12. ↑ East Dover Elementary School Archived 2005-05-28 at the Wayback Machine., Dover School District. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  13. ↑ North Dover Elementary School Archived 2005-12-19 at the Wayback Machine., Dover School District. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  14. ↑ Dover Middle School Archived 2006-05-17 at the Wayback Machine., Dover School District. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  15. ↑ Dover High School Archived 2006-01-06 at the Wayback Machine., Dover School District. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  16. ↑ Administration & Staff Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine., Dover Public Schools. Accessed January 30, 2017.
  17. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Morris County, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 29, 2016.

Coordinates: 40°53′51″N 74°33′45″W / 40.897378°N 74.562576°W / 40.897378; -74.562576

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