Dover

The schools in Dover, Oklahoma consist of Dover Elementary School and Dover High School, serving students from elementary through high school in this small district. While the schools benefit from smaller class sizes and higher per-student spending, they face significant challenges in terms of student academic performance and economic disadvantage within the community.

Dover Elementary School stands out for having a high percentage of students (78.99%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population. In contrast, Dover High School has relatively low proficiency rates on state assessments, with only 35.3% of 11th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, 11.8% in Mathematics, and 18.8% in Science. These performance levels are concerning and suggest academic challenges at the high school level.

Both schools have seen fluctuations in their statewide rankings over the past decade, with Dover Elementary School ranking as low as 803 out of 957 Oklahoma elementary schools in 2014-2015 and Dover High School ranking as low as 293 out of 449 Oklahoma high schools in the same year. This instability in performance indicates that the Dover district has struggled to maintain consistent academic achievement, despite the smaller class sizes and higher per-student spending observed in the data.