Dover

Dover has just one school in this data set: Chickering, an elementary school serving grades PK–5 with 492 students. The Dover district includes 1 elementary school, 0 middle schools, 0 high schools, and 0 alternative schools, so there are no other Dover schools to compare against. Because Chickering is the only school, district and school results are identical, and the district ranks 15th out of 351 Massachusetts districts with 5 stars and a 96th percentile rank.

Chickering itself ranks 47th out of 899 schools statewide in 2025–2026 with 5 stars and a 95th percentile rank — the top 5% of Massachusetts schools. That is not a one-year spike: it ranked 50th of 906 in 2024–2025 and 56th of 916 in 2023–2024, earning 5 stars all three years. Test scores are strong across every reported subject, not just one. In 2025–2026, all-grades proficiency was 68.91% in English Language Arts, 77.82% in math, and 75% in science, versus state rates of 40.03%, 41.11%, and 40.98%. Those gaps — roughly 29, 37, and 34 percentage points — show performance well above the state average in each subject, with math the standout.

Grade-level results follow clear patterns. Math climbs steadily by grade: 3rd grade 62.20%, 4th grade 80.90%, and 5th grade 92.65%, compared with 39.50% statewide — more than double the state rate. ELA also rises from 60.49% in 3rd grade to 72.73% in 4th and 73.91% in 5th, and even the lowest result is about 17.7 points above the state. Year over year, all-grades math rose 5.90 points while the state moved only 0.37, and ELA held flat as the state declined 1.50 points; science dipped 2.78 points but stayed far above average. Other metrics include an 11:1 student–teacher ratio and $20,711 per-student spending, though that figure is from 2020–2021. Free/reduced-lunch data is not available, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed.