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Dover Area School District

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Dover Area School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Dover Area School District has 70.11 square miles of land area and 0.25 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Dover Area School District population is 25,731. Dover Area School District median household income is $55,919 in 2010-2014. Dover Area School District median house value is $158,200 in 2010-2014. On average, Dover Area School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (290 out of 496, bottom 42%) Elementary/Middle School: (292 out of 498, bottom 41%)* Rank: #293
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	25,731 (2010-2014), rank #142
Population Growth	2.00% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	365.72/sq mi, rank #226
Median Household Income:	$55,919 at 2010-2014—1.80% increase since 2005-2009, rank #188
Median House Price:	$158,200 at 2010-2014—6.03% increase since 2005-2009, rank #186
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	70.11 sq mi, rank #228
Water Area:	0.25 sq mi (0.35%), rank #326
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	York County
City:	East Berlin, Dover, Wellsville, Dillsburg, York, Thomasville, Weigelstown
Zip:	17316, 17315, 17365, 17019, 17408, 17364
Area:	York-Hanover, PA

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Dover Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

101 Edgeway Rd

Dover PA, 17315, York County

Phone: 717-292-3671

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	3,645	3,627	3,638	3,613	3,680	3,623	3,548
English Language Learner Students:	37	36	32	37	33	32	40
Total Teachers:	227.48	220.79	222.45	231.54	234.45	239.90	227.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	13.00	12.00	13.00	12.00	13.00	13.00	13.00
Elementary:	101.00	97.00	101.07	109.10	112.10	114.50	108.90
Secondary:	103.48	103.79	99.88	102.94	103.85	105.90	99.60
Ungraded:	10.00	8.00	8.50	7.50	5.50	6.50	5.50
Total Other Staff:	194.00	190.93	193.15	215.18	198.18	200.00	194.50
Instructional Aides:	52.00	50.00	50.00	57.00	47.50	47.50	52.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	0.10	0.10	1.10	1.00	1.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	9.00	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	10.00	10.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.42	4.10	5.00	5.00	5.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	5.00	5.00	4.58	4.90	5.00	5.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Library/Media Support:	9.00	9.00	9.00	6.00	6.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrators:	3.00	3.65	1.90	2.90	3.00	3.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	7.00	9.00	9.00	11.00	12.00	12.00	11.00
School Administrators:	7.00	9.00	12.00	12.00	13.06	13.00	9.00
School Administrative Support:	14.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	13.00	14.00
Student Support Services:	NA	0.18	1.15	3.18	1.12	2.00	1.00
Other Support Services:	89.00	83.00	83.00	95.00	86.50	88.50	83.50
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.02	16.43	16.35	15.60	15.70	15.10	15.63

Schools

Dover Area Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	109 East Canal St, Dover PA 17315
Dover Area High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	46 West Canal St, Dover PA 17315
Dover Area Intrmd School	Grade 7 to Grade 8	4500 Intermediate Ave, Dover PA 17315
Leib Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	2925 Oakland Rd, Dover PA 17315
North Salem Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	5161 North Salem Church Rd, Dover PA 17315
Weigelstown Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	3205 Carlisle Rd, Dover PA 17315

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.6%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	54.7%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	56.1%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	68.9%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	51.1%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	55%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.5%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.6%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	57.1%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	61.9%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	69%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	74.2%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.9%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.5%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.2%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	64.9%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65.9%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	45.7%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	34.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.3%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	31.3%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	36.1%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	66.8%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.3%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	91.1%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.2%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	80.2%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	70.5%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	86.1%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89.6%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	88%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	93.2%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	87.8%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.1%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.9%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	85.5%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.5%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	84.3%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	81.3%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.3%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.9%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.1%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	84.2%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	70%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.2%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.7%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.1%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.4%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90.7%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	95.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	89.8%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88.6%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	84.8%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	52%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	64.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	55.2%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	65.9%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.7%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.6%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.7%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58.2%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	66.3%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	60.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.6%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.8%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	71.4%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	69.4%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.1%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	73%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	58.1%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.8%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	79.3%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	68.9%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.5%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	74.2%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.6%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.7%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	68.2%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.7%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	76.2%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.6%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.3%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.9%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72.1%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.8%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	61.7%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.8%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	55.9%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.6%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.6%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	72.4%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.8%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	61.8%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	67.6%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.5%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.1%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.8%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.7%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.6%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	84.3%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.8%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.3%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	56.1%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	59.4%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.5%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	52.6%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	69.9%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	73.3%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	71.6%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.7%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	57.1%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	52.2%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$51,918,000	$14,271		$52,362,000	$14,493		$51,797,000	$14,075
Federal:	$1,117,000	$307	2.2%	$3,017,000	$835	5.8%	$2,869,000	$780	5.5%
State:	$17,104,000	$4,701	32.9%	$16,652,000	$4,609	31.8%	$17,129,000	$4,655	33.1%
Local:	$33,697,000	$9,263	64.9%	$32,693,000	$9,049	62.4%	$31,799,000	$8,641	61.4%
Total Expenditures:	$47,444,000	$13,041		$51,840,000	$14,348		$44,658,000	$12,135
Total Current Expenditures:	$38,482,000	$10,578		$39,868,000	$11,035		$35,519,000	$9,652
Instructional Expenditures:	$23,337,000	$6,415	60.6%	$24,638,000	$6,819	61.8%	$21,346,000	$5,801	60.1%
Student and Staff Support:	$3,573,000	$982	9.3%	$3,576,000	$990	9.0%	$3,096,000	$841	8.7%
Administration:	$3,847,000	$1,057	10.0%	$3,768,000	$1,043	9.5%	$3,623,000	$985	10.2%
Operations, Food, Other:	$7,725,000	$2,123	20.1%	$7,886,000	$2,183	19.8%	$7,454,000	$2,026	21.0%
Total Capital Outlay:	$1,141,000	$314		$3,943,000	$1,091		$1,450,000	$394
Construction:	$243,000	$67		$3,015,000	$834		$812,000	$221
Total Other:	$60,000	$16		$64,000	$18		$52,000	$14
Interest on Debt:	$1,813,000	$498		$1,846,000	$511		$1,529,000	$415

Total Salary:	$21,738,000	$5,975		$22,907,000	$6,340		$21,313,000	$5,792
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$15,684,000	$4,311	72.2%	$16,716,000	$4,627	73.0%	$15,399,000	$4,185	72.3%
Other Salary:	$6,054,000	$1,664	27.8%	$6,191,000	$1,714	27.0%	$5,914,000	$1,607	27.7%
Total Benefit:	$8,406,000	$2,311		$9,080,000	$2,513		$7,244,000	$1,968
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,766,000	$1,585	68.6%	$6,253,000	$1,731	68.9%	$4,976,000	$1,352	68.7%
Other Benefit:	$2,640,000	$726	31.4%	$2,827,000	$782	31.1%	$2,268,000	$616	31.3%

* Dover Area School District was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.