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Dover School District

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Dover School District is located close to the center of Arkansas. Dover School District has 234.70 square miles of land area and 0.60 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Dover School District population is 7,433. Dover School District median household income is $46,063 in 2010-2014. Dover School District median house value is $114,600 in 2010-2014. On average, Dover School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(34 out of 238, top 14%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	7,433 (2010-2014), rank #94
Population Growth	3.24% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	31.59/sq mi, rank #133
Median Household Income:	$46,063 at 2010-2014—40.28% increase since 2005-2009, rank #41
Median House Price:	$114,600 at 2010-2014—47.11% increase since 2005-2009, rank #47
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	234.70 sq mi, rank #78
Water Area:	0.60 sq mi (0.26%), rank #188
State:	Arkansas
County:	Pope County
City:	Dover, Russellville, Lamar, Pelsor, Hagarville, London
Zip:	72837, 72802, 72846, 72856, 72839, 72847
Area:	Russellville, AR

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Dover School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

9371 Market St

Dover AR, 72837, Pope County

Phone: 479-331-2916

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,411	1,499	1,447	1,465	1,413	1,381	1,441
English Language Learner Students:	20	19	15	20	21	20	21
Total Teachers:	112.24	111.96	113.19	108.27	106.00	112.00	111.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	6.56	6.78	5.48	5.34	8.00	9.00	7.00
Elementary:	47.08	48.32	48.10	47.01	46.00	45.00	42.00
Secondary:	51.15	48.96	50.49	48.49	44.00	49.00	51.00
Ungraded:	7.45	6.90	9.12	6.43	8.00	9.00	11.00
Total Other Staff:	105.00	101.00	111.00	101.00	101.00	82.00	113.00
Instructional Aides:	17.00	16.00	19.00	13.00	12.00	11.00	15.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	2.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	5.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00
District Administrators:	2.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrative Support:	10.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	6.00	7.00	8.00
School Administrators:	5.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	9.00	5.00	12.00	9.00	10.00	11.00	6.00
Student Support Services:	20.00	24.00	21.00	18.00	19.00	0.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	33.00	32.00	34.00	34.00	35.00	32.00	55.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.57	13.39	12.78	13.53	13.33	12.33	12.98

Schools

Dover Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	75 Pine Hill Rd, Dover AR 72837
Dover High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	101 Pirates Loop, Dover AR 72837
Dover Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	203 College St, Dover AR 72837

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ACTAAP Test
2007	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	56%	50%
2008	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	56%	51%
2009	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	56%	56%
2010	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	58%	60%
2011	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	76%	65%
2012	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	62%	68%
2013	Literacy	11th Grade	% met std	72%	70%
2005	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	49%	50%
2006	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	57%
2007	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	56%	59%
2009	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	78%	66%
2010	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	71%
2011	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	76%
2012	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	82%
2013	Literacy	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	79%
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	60%	58%
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	67%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	82%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	94%	83%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98%	85%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	87%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	96%	86%
2005	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	48%	51%
2006	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	72%	61%
2007	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	76%	58%
2008	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	75%	67%
2009	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	79%	70%
2010	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2011	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	91%	82%
2012	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	99%	85%
2013	Literacy	4th Grade	% met std	96%	85%
2005	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	45%	50%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	67%	60%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	75%	65%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	74%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	80%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94%	82%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	82%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96%	82%
2005	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	73%	47%
2006	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	64%	56%
2007	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	80%	59%
2008	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	85%	64%
2009	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	80%	68%
2010	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	92%	74%
2011	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	88%	77%
2012	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	89%	85%
2013	Literacy	5th Grade	% met std	93%	84%
2005	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	63%	41%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	67%	50%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	74%	61%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	86%	67%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	71%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	91%	74%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	95%	78%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	81%	76%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	84%	70%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	62%	43%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	70%	50%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	74%	56%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	71%	60%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84%	61%
2005	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	54%	57%
2006	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	76%	59%
2007	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	64%	59%
2008	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	67%	63%
2009	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	79%	67%
2010	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	80%	71%
2011	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	79%	71%
2012	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	89%	75%
2013	Literacy	6th Grade	% met std	84%	73%
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	49%	43%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	57%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76%	72%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	93%	80%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	81%	75%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	77%	75%
2005	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	52%	50%
2006	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	49%	53%
2007	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	61%	57%
2008	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	55%	57%
2009	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	68%	63%
2010	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	83%	68%
2011	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	68%	67%
2012	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	79%	80%
2013	Literacy	7th Grade	% met std	91%	77%
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	47%	43%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	55%	58%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	64%	62%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	70%	68%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	75%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	79%	74%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	76%	70%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	34%	32%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	20%	33%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	46%	39%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	41%	41%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	59%	41%
2005	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	72%	57%
2006	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	66%	66%
2007	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	68%	63%
2008	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	79%	67%
2009	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	74%	71%
2010	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	85%	76%
2011	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	90%	77%
2012	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	81%	80%
2013	Literacy	8th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	44%	33%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	43%	44%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	45%	47%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	62%	56%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	67%	62%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66%	63%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	58%	63%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	69%	68%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	59%	65%
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	68%	65%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	63%	62%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70%	66%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	66%	70%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	70%	76%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	83%	78%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	88%	80%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	89%	77%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	43%	41%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	18%	36%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	17%	41%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	53%	43%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	59%	44%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	58%	60%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	57%	59%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	51%	60%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	69%	66%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	63%	69%
2011	Geometry	End of course	% met std	68%	73%
2012	Geometry	End of course	% met std	84%	76%
2013	Geometry	End of course	% met std	79%	72%
2006	Literacy	End of course	% met std	52%	45%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$14,861,000	$10,270		$12,804,000	$8,740		$12,886,000	$9,120
Federal:	$2,322,000	$1,605	15.6%	$1,988,000	$1,357	15.5%	$2,026,000	$1,434	15.7%
State:	$8,613,000	$5,952	58.0%	$7,509,000	$5,126	58.6%	$7,608,000	$5,384	59.0%
Local:	$3,926,000	$2,713	26.4%	$3,307,000	$2,257	25.8%	$3,252,000	$2,301	25.2%
Total Expenditures:	$17,509,000	$12,100		$12,977,000	$8,858		$14,750,000	$10,439
Total Current Expenditures:	$11,832,000	$8,177		$11,066,000	$7,554		$11,246,000	$7,959
Instructional Expenditures:	$6,621,000	$4,576	56.0%	$6,267,000	$4,278	56.6%	$6,477,000	$4,584	57.6%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,340,000	$926	11.3%	$1,078,000	$736	9.7%	$1,185,000	$839	10.5%
Administration:	$1,291,000	$892	10.9%	$1,225,000	$836	11.1%	$1,142,000	$808	10.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,580,000	$1,783	21.8%	$2,496,000	$1,704	22.6%	$2,442,000	$1,728	21.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$2,581,000	$1,784		$876,000	$598		$1,762,000	$1,247
Construction:	$2,450,000	$1,693		$409,000	$279		$1,115,000	$789
Total Other:	$2,611,000	$1,804		$562,000	$384		$1,354,000	$958
Interest on Debt:	$407,000	$281		$420,000	$287		$311,000	$220

Total Salary:	$7,223,000	$4,992		$6,864,000	$4,685		$6,925,000	$4,901
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,793,000	$3,312	66.4%	$4,550,000	$3,106	66.3%	$4,525,000	$3,202	65.3%
Other Salary:	$2,430,000	$1,679	33.6%	$2,314,000	$1,580	33.7%	$2,400,000	$1,699	34.7%
Total Benefit:	$1,949,000	$1,347		$1,827,000	$1,247		$1,856,000	$1,314
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,276,000	$882	65.5%	$1,201,000	$820	65.7%	$1,204,000	$852	64.9%
Other Benefit:	$673,000	$465	34.5%	$626,000	$427	34.3%	$652,000	$461	35.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	76.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	23.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	19.1%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	23.6%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	32.6%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	21.3%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	3.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$38,671.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,905.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$35,367.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$41,382.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$44,034.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$45,631.0

* Dover School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.