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Dover Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

302 East Mcfarlan St

Dover NJ, 07801, Morris County

Phone: 973-989-2040

Ranking:

(1,352 out of 1,847, bottom 27%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Dover Town School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	38		37		34		36		37		37		30
Total Students:	470		471		451		475		481		486		507
Grade 7:	214	45.5%	238	50.5%	208	46.1%	226	47.6%	242	50.3%	231	47.5%	255	50.3%
Grade 8:	228	48.5%	208	44.2%	214	47.5%	219	46.1%	234	48.6%	230	47.3%	237	46.7%
Ungraded:	28	6.0%	25	5.3%	29	6.4%	30	6.3%	NA	NA	25	5.1%	3	0.6%
Student By Gender:
Male:	251	53.4%	234	49.7%	238	52.8%	261	54.9%	272	56.5%	261	53.7%	255	50.3%
Female:	219	46.6%	237	50.3%	213	47.2%	214	45.1%	209	43.5%	225	46.3%	248	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	8	1.7%	7	1.5%	8	1.8%	9	1.9%	11	2.3%	10	2.1%	10	2.0%
Hispanic:	385	81.9%	360	76.4%	343	76.1%	352	74.1%	352	73.2%	369	75.9%	376	74.2%
Black:	31	6.6%	42	8.9%	34	7.5%	36	7.6%	25	5.2%	29	6.0%	41	8.1%
White:	44	9.4%	62	13.2%	66	14.6%	77	16.2%	87	18.1%	78	16.0%	80	15.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	1.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	284	60.4%	272	57.7%	265	58.8%	270	56.8%	250	52.0%	224	46.1%	192	37.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	63	13.4%	62	13.2%	60	13.3%	66	13.9%	68	14.1%	83	17.1%	98	19.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.53		12.90		13.32		13.19		13.00		11.20		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ASK
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	70.5%	70.5%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	64.6%	64.6%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	67.0%	67.0%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	62.5%	62.5%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	50.7%	50.7%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	51.4%	51.4%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	59.4%	59.4%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	54.0%	54.0%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	53.0%	53.0%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	52.0%	52.0%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	50.5%	50.5%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	63.7%	63.7%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	63.5%	63.5%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	62.6%	62.6%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.6%	78.6%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	81.8%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	86.0%	86.0%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	84.2%	84.2%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	80.3%	80.3%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.5%	78.5%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	49.6%	49.6%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58%	58%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	70.6%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	62.9%	62.9%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	66.5%	66.5%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	72.5%	72.5%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	80.1%	80.1%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	82.6%	82.6%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	86.5%	86.5%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	86.0%	86.0%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	82.7%	82.7%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	79.4%	79.0%
GEPA
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.0%	68.0%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	57.0%	57.0%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	63.4%	63.4%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	60.0%	60.0%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	67.7%	67.7%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	40.8%	40.8%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	50.2%	50.2%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	41.6%	41.6%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	42.5%	42.5%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	54.2%	54.2%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	61.1%	61.1%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	62.6%	62.6%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	67.2%	67.2%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	68.5%	68.5%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	74.5%	74.5%	78.9%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Dover Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.