Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Summary:

Dover-Sherborn Regional High is a highly-ranked public high school in Dover, Massachusetts, serving 669 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Dover-Sherborn District, which is ranked 4th out of 351 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dover-Sherborn Regional High consistently ranks among the top high schools in Massachusetts, with a statewide ranking between 1st and 12th over the past several years. The school's MCAS test scores are significantly higher than the state averages across all subject areas, and its four-year graduation rate ranges from 96.1% to 98.8% over the past five years. The school's performance across various student subgroups, such as female, male, Asian, Hispanic, White, multi-racial, special education, and low socioeconomic status students, is consistently strong, with many subgroups ranking among the top in the state.

When compared to nearby high schools, such as Needham High, Walpole High, Westwood High, and Wellesley Senior High, Dover-Sherborn Regional High generally outperforms them in academic metrics, including test scores, graduation rates, and statewide rankings. However, some nearby schools, like Wellesley Senior High, also demonstrate exceptional academic performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 9 Junction Street
       Dover, MA  02030


(508) 785-1730

District: Dover-Sherborn

SchoolDigger Rank:
8th of 348 Massachusetts High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $21,791 Help


Feeder schools for Dover-Sherborn Regional High:

Elementary:    Chickering
    Pine Hill
Middle:    Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.1 Help
Number of students:  648

Racial breakdown:

White:
70.5%
Asian:
13.7%
Two or more races:
6.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  4.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Dover-Sherborn Regional High ranks better than 97.7% of high schools in Massachusetts. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 95.66. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (70.5%), Asian (13.7%), two or more races (6.8%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dover-Sherborn Regional High is 11.1. (See more...)
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Compare Dover-Sherborn Regional High employs 57.9 full-time teachers.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dover-Sherborn Regional High is $21,791.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dover-Sherborn Regional High:

SchoolDigger ranks Dover-Sherborn Regional High 8th of 348 Massachusetts public high schools. (See Dover-Sherborn Regional High in the ranking list.)

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Dover-Sherborn:

SchoolDigger ranks Dover-Sherborn 4th of 351 Massachusetts school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Dover-Sherborn Regional High

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Rank History for all students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 93.95 7th 304 97.7%
2004 92.20 7th 307 97.7%
2005 91.72 6th 311 98.1%
2006 92.61 3rd 314 99.0%
2007 87.54 15th 316 95.3%
2008 92.25 3rd 319 99.1%
2009 90.81 2nd 322 99.4%
2010 90.78 1st 335 99.7%
2011 88.71 5th 340 98.5%
2012 87.07 2nd 340 99.4%
2013 85.04 4th 344 98.8%
2014 85.34 2nd 347 99.4%
2015 86.24 4th 354 98.9%
2016 84.47 6th 351 98.3%
2017 85.26 3rd 348 99.1%
2018 86.28 2nd 345 99.4%
2019 91.63 3rd 351 99.1%
2021 93.67 1st 285 99.6%
2022 94.34 12th 342 96.5%
2023 95.22 9th 347 97.4%
2024 95.66 8th 348 97.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.25 5th 55 90.9%
2021 78.14 6th 33 81.8%
2022 93.21 1st 78 98.7%
2024 93.84 2nd 87 97.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.82 4th 344 98.8%
2019 96.62 7th 348 98.0%
2021 97.82 2nd 268 99.3%
2022 95.14 12th 339 96.5%
2023 98.67 7th 301 97.7%
2024 99.57 2nd 289 99.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.45 36th 330 89.1%
2019 87.95 28th 330 91.5%
2023 88.52 29th 338 91.4%
2024 91.07 26th 338 92.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.31 5th 339 98.5%
2019 90.90 4th 342 98.8%
2021 93.29 1st 281 99.6%
2022 93.79 8th 340 97.6%
2023 92.43 18th 339 94.7%
2024 93.54 14th 342 95.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.36 3rd 299 99.0%
2019 99.36 4th 299 98.7%
2021 99.56 1st 202 99.5%
2022 99.28 4th 295 98.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.00 3rd 343 99.1%
2019 93.01 3rd 346 99.1%
2021 93.41 2nd 281 99.3%
2022 93.99 16th 339 95.3%
2023 96.38 5th 343 98.5%
2024 96.90 5th 342 98.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 82.02 10th 97 89.7%
2021 86.95 1st 68 98.5%
2022 84.87 9th 93 90.3%
2023 76.20 26th 96 72.9%
2024 82.45 14th 98 85.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 89.53 23rd 217 89.4%
2024 97.25 9th 249 96.4%
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Rank History for White students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools MA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.13 3rd 303 99.0%
2019 93.48 4th 302 98.7%
2021 94.07 1st 249 99.6%
2022 93.89 10th 300 96.7%
2023 94.46 8th 301 97.3%
2024 94.45 13th 302 95.7%
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Data source: test scores: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Dover-Sherborn Regional High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 442 17 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 464
1989 396 18 7 0 0 n/a n/a 0 421
1990 356 13 8 1 0 n/a n/a 0 378
1991 378 11 7 1 0 n/a n/a 0 397
1992 395 14 6 2 0 n/a n/a 0 417
1993 388 14 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 411
1994 404 22 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 439
1995 396 12 13 7 0 n/a n/a 0 428
1996 396 12 13 7 0 n/a n/a 0 428
1997 386 15 18 5 1 n/a n/a 0 425
1998 401 14 18 5 1 n/a n/a 0 439
1999 406 11 19 7 2 n/a n/a 0 445
2000 403 7 23 9 1 n/a n/a 0 443
2001 410 11 22 14 0 n/a n/a 0 457
2002 464 6 12 9 0 n/a n/a 0 491
2003 464 6 12 9 0 n/a n/a 0 491
2004 500 9 10 8 0 n/a n/a 0 527
2005 530 5 16 5 0 n/a n/a 0 556
2006 527 8 23 5 2 n/a n/a 0 565
2007 556 12 29 8 1 n/a n/a 1 607
2008 538 10 25 6 1 n/a n/a 0 580
2009 549 12 27 6 1 0 0 0 595
2010 567 8 23 9 1 0 0 0 608
2011 552 9 29 15 0 0 0 0 605
2012 577 12 29 15 0 0 4 0 637
2013 569 10 36 21 0 0 10 0 646
2014 571 13 32 14 0 0 12 0 642
2015 582 11 37 15 0 0 18 0 663
2016 567 15 47 14 0 0 19 0 662
2017 559 15 40 17 0 0 21 0 652
2018 559 13 48 18 1 0 26 0 665
2019 554 17 48 27 1 0 26 1 674
2020 542 20 54 30 2 0 31 1 680
2021 527 17 65 29 3 0 32 1 674
2022 486 24 73 36 2 0 34 2 657
2023 473 23 85 41 2 0 42 3 669
2024 457 18 89 37 1 0 44 2 648

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dover-Sherborn Regional High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 464 n/a n/a n/a
1989 421 n/a n/a n/a
1990 378 n/a n/a n/a
1991 397 n/a n/a n/a
1992 417 n/a n/a n/a
1993 411 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 439 n/a n/a n/a
1995 428 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 428 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 425 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 439 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 445 n/a 0.0 0
2000 443 n/a 0.0 0.7
2001 457 n/a 0.0 0.9
2002 491 n/a n/a 0
2003 491 n/a n/a 0
2004 527 44.9 11.7 2.3
2005 556 46.8 11.9 1.3
2006 565 49.5 11.4 1.1
2007 607 54.0 11.2 0.7
2008 580 52.5 11.0 0.5
2009 595 53.5 11.1 0.3
2010 608 53.7 11.3 1.2
2011 605 59.3 10.2 2.8
2012 637 53.7 11.8 2.5
2013 646 50.9 12.6 2.8
2014 642 55.7 11.5 3.7
2015 663 55.0 12.0 4.1
2016 662 57.0 11.6 n/a
2017 652 57.2 11.3 n/a
2018 665 57.8 11.5 n/a
2019 674 58.1 11.5 n/a
2020 680 55.3 12.2 n/a
2021 674 57.9 11.6 n/a
2022 657 52.9 12.4 n/a
2023 669 53.8 12.4 n/a
2024 648 57.9 11.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dover-Sherborn Regional High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 464 n/a n/a n/a
1989 421 n/a n/a n/a
1990 378 n/a n/a n/a
1991 397 n/a n/a n/a
1992 417 n/a n/a n/a
1993 411 n/a 0.0 n/a
1994 439 n/a n/a n/a
1995 428 n/a 0.0 n/a
1996 428 n/a 0.0 n/a
1997 425 n/a 0.0 n/a
1998 439 n/a 0.0 n/a
1999 445 n/a 0.0 0
2000 443 n/a 0.0 0.7
2001 457 n/a 0.0 0.9
2002 491 n/a n/a 0
2003 491 n/a n/a 0
2004 527 44.9 11.7 2.3
2005 556 46.8 11.9 1.3
2006 565 49.5 11.4 1.1
2007 607 54.0 11.2 0.7
2008 580 52.5 11.0 0.5
2009 595 53.5 11.1 0.3
2010 608 53.7 11.3 1.2
2011 605 59.3 10.2 2.8
2012 637 53.7 11.8 2.5
2013 646 50.9 12.6 2.8
2014 642 55.7 11.5 3.7
2015 663 55.0 12.0 4.1
2016 662 57.0 11.6 n/a
2017 652 57.2 11.3 n/a
2018 665 57.8 11.5 n/a
2019 674 58.1 11.5 n/a
2020 680 55.3 12.2 n/a
2021 674 57.9 11.6 n/a
2022 657 52.9 12.4 n/a
2023 669 53.8 12.4 n/a
2024 648 57.9 11.1 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Dover-Sherborn Regional High

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $157 (0.7%) $20,898 (99.3%) $21,055
2020 $110 (0.5%) $20,351 (99.5%) $20,461
2021 $401 (1.8%) $21,390 (98.2%) $21,791

Data source: Massachusetts Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dover-Sherborn Regional High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3rd of 351 High schoolsRanks 9th of 347 High schools
 1.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
10th Grade English Language Arts (Dover-Sherborn Regional High)9186.5
 4.6%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Dover-Sherborn)8986.5
 2.6%
   10th Grade English Language Arts (Massachusetts)6158.2
 2.8%
10th Grade Mathematics (Dover-Sherborn Regional High)9288.4
 3.6%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Dover-Sherborn)9088.5
 1.5%
   10th Grade Mathematics (Massachusetts)5849.7
 8.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students674669
 0.7%
African American1723
 35.3%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian4885
 77.1%
Hispanic2741
 51.9%
Pacific Islander00
White554473
 14.6%
Two or More Races2642
 61.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Dover-Sherborn Regional High

Yes! Dover-Sherborn Regional High is one of the best high schools in the state. It ranks 8th of 348 Massachusetts high schools.

In the 2023-24 school year, 648 students attended Dover-Sherborn Regional High.

Students at Dover-Sherborn Regional High are 71% White, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more races, 6% Hispanic, 3% African American.

Dover-Sherborn Regional High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Chickering
Elementary : Pine Hill
Middle : Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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