Regular local school district · Strafford County
Dover School District, NH: schools, enrollment and spending
Dover School District runs 5 public schools with 3,537 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is 1.7 higher than the New Hampshire figure of 11.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 3,537
- Teachers (FTE)
- 273
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- NH: 11.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- McConnell Center 61 Locust St. Suite 409, Dover, NH 03820
- Phone
- (603)516-6800
- County
- Strafford County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3302640
- State district ID
- NH-141
- Total staff (FTE)
- 535
- School counselors (FTE)
- 18.0About 197 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
New Hampshire11.3
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 (3,846), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $72.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.2 million
- State revenue
- $19.3 million
- Local revenue
- $47.8 million
- Total spending
- $68.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,750
- Salaries
- $31.7 million46.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $85.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 7.2%
- State: 26.7%
- Local: 66.1%
New Hampshire overall
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 30.0%
- Local: 63.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,750
New Hampshire$21,936
United States$16,826
Schools in Dover School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dover Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 941 | 13.4 |
| Dover Senior High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,371 | 12.7 |
| Frances G. Hopkins Elementary School at Horne Street | Elementary | K to 4 | 412 | 13.3 |
| Garrison School | Elementary | K to 4 | 353 | 12.2 |
| Woodman Park School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 421 | 12.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Strafford County
- Rochester School District 3,828 students
- Oyster River Coop School District 2,102 students
- Somersworth School District 1,323 students
- Barrington School District 945 students
- Farmington School District 738 students
- Milton School District 516 students
- Strafford School District 379 students
- Seacoast Charter School 287 students
- Rollinsford School District 155 students
More in New Hampshire
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.