Regular local school district · Pope County
Dover School District, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Dover School District runs 3 public schools with 1,205 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 8.4 students per teacher is 4.3 lower than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 1,205
- Teachers (FTE)
- 144
- Students per teacher
- 8.4
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 9371 Market St., Dover, AR 72837
- Phone
- (479)331-2916
- County
- Pope County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0505430
- State district ID
- AR-5802000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 258
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 402 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 5.0
Students per teacher compared
This district8.4
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,242), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $15.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.2 million
- State revenue
- $8.4 million
- Local revenue
- $4.4 million
- Total spending
- $14.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,265
- Salaries
- $7.8 million55.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $15.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 14.7%
- State: 56.0%
- Local: 29.3%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,265
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Dover School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dover Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 455 | 15.2 |
| Dover High School | High | 9 to 12 | 375 | 4.4 |
| Dover Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 375 | 13.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Pope County
- Russellville School District 5,591 students
- Pottsville School District 1,838 students
- Atkins School District 951 students
- Hector School District 695 students
- Ark Tech Univeristy Career Center 0 students
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.