Dover High School
100 Grace Street, Dover, NJ, 07801-2644 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Dover High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Morris County, NJ
Students & Faculty
Total Students 888 students
% Male / % Female 51%  /  49%
Total Classroom Teachers 81 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 271 students
Grade 10 - 217 students
Grade 11 - 197 students
Grade 12 - 171 students
Grade Not Listed - 32 students
This School
(NJ) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:11 1:13
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(NJ) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 2% 7%
% Hispanic 69% 15%
% Black 7% 17%
% White 22% 61%
Additional Student Information
This School
(NJ) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 36% 16%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 15% 4%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Dover Town School District
This School's Agency
(NJ) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 5 5
Number of Students Managed 2,953 students 2,429 students
District Total Revenue $44,792,000 $39,780,000
District Expenditure $41,447,000 $39,973,000
District Revenue / Student $15,168 $16,377
District Expenditure / Student $14,036 $16,457
District Graduation Rates 88% 81%
In the News:
  • SPORTS: Sussex Tech spoils Cape's undefeated season (Delaware Coast Press)
    posted on November 19, 2009 at 02:29:03 pm
    DOVER — Abby Atkins' goal with 3:41 left in the second half lifted the Sussex Technical High School field hockey team to a 1-0 win over Cape Henlopen in the semifinals of the Delaware State Field Hockey Tournament at Dover High School on Wednesday.
  • Riders cruise in second must-win game (Dover Post)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:42:28 pm
    The Caesar Rodney High School football team, by defeating its cross-town rival, Dover High School, this past weekend, earned a berth to the DIAA state tournament as a No. 5 seed. The Riders will face No. 4 Sussex Tech in the first round Nov. 21.
  • Senators end season on wrong side of blowout (Dover Post)
    posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:27:33 pm
    The Dover High School football team closed its 2009 season with a tough 42-12 loss to cross-town rival Caesar Rodney High School. The one consolation for Head Coach Carlton Brown's team is that they only lose four seniors to graduation, meaning they'll return an experienced team next season.
  • State soccer tournament pairings announced (The Newark Post)
    posted on November 16, 2009 at 04:12:12 pm
    Caravel Academy has secured the No. 3 seed in the 2009 Boys’ Soccer Tournament. The Buccaneers (12-2-1) will travel to Dover High School to take on No. 14 Appoquinimink (9-5-1) on Wednesday at 8 p.m.
  • Hot topic: Students learn welding at mobile training facility in Dover (Foster's Daily Democrat)
    posted on November 16, 2009 at 08:18:25 am
    John Huff/Staff photographer The New England School of Metalwork's mobile welding training center has several welding stations. DOVER — One of Jim Amara's top goals recently has been to introduce a welding program at Dover High School's Career Technical Center.
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School Notes:
  • Dover High School is located in Dover, New Jersey in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Dover School District.
  • As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 882 students and 73.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0.
  • The school was the 215th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 229th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
  • Athletics
  • The Dover High School Tigers compete in the Hills division of the Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference of high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey.
  • In 2002, the boys soccer team won the North II, Group II state sectional championship, defeating Parsippany High School 1-0 in the tournament final.
  • Administration
  • Core members of the school's administration are:
  • Elaine Simpson, Principal
  • Terry Kerr, Vice-Principal
  • Delvis Rodriguez, Vice-Principal
  • External links
  • Dover High School
  • Dover School District
  • Data for the Dover School District, National Center for Education Statistics
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School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (07801)
School Zip (07801)
(NJ) State Average
Population (Approximate) 24,396 people 8,215,963 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 22% 35%
Population Average Age 34 years old 36 years old
Average Household size 3.2 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $56,082 $55,509
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.3 rooms 5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 53 years old 47 years old
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Zipcode (07801)


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% Owning / % Renting 56% / 44% 62% / 38%
School Map:
1. Morris Hills High School - 1175 students - 1.9 mi. away - view location
2. Morris Knolls High School - 1622 students - 2.8 mi. away - view location
3. Park Lake School - 71 students - 3.0 mi. away - view location
4. Randolph High School - 1663 students - 3.6 mi. away - view location
5. Law & Public Safety High School - 38 students - 4.1 mi. away - view location
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