📍 101 Pirates Loop, Dover, Pope County, 72837
Dover High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Dover, Pope County. The school has 380 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lynn Taverner. It is part of the Dover School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 70.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.4:1.
Dover High School enrolls 380 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 70.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% White, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 346 | 91% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 16 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
188 of the school's 380 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dover High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-40.
Dover High School is one of 3 schools in DOVER SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in DOVER, Arkansas. The district serves 1,205 students district-wide and employs 133 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 380 students, Dover High School is close to the district average of about 402 students per school.