Summary:
ZIP code 02030 covers Dover, Massachusetts and contains three public schools serving roughly 1,573 students in a PK–12 pipeline: Chickering (elementary, PK–5), Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School (middle, 6–8), and Dover-Sherborn Regional High (high, 9–12), all rated five stars and split between the Dover and Dover-Sherborn districts.
Dover-Sherborn Regional High is the standout, ranked #2 of 353 statewide high schools in 2025–2026 and #1 of 349 in 2024–2025, with a 99.4% graduation rate, a 0.0% dropout rate, and 10th-grade proficiency roughly double the state average (ELA 87.22 vs. 45.48; Math 87.97 vs. 43.73; Science 83.21 vs. 40.50; Biology 86.88 vs. 37.68). Dover-Sherborn Regional Middle School ranks #20 of 478 and posts all-grade ELA of 74.08, Math 75.74, Science 65.91, and 8th-grade civics 73.88 — every figure well above state. Chickering ranks #47 of 899 elementary schools, and its 5th-grade math proficiency of 92.65% is the highest single figure in the data, above its all-grade math of 77.82%.
Comparing the three, the high school leads on outcomes and enrollment (610 students), the middle school has the lowest student-teacher ratio (9.4), and Chickering has the highest (11.0) plus the lowest per-student spending ($20,711 vs. $21,791), though that spending data is from 2020–2021. Year over year, middle school ELA, Math, and Civics improved (+3.34, +3.47, +4.74) while Science fell −5.69; the high school slipped modestly in ELA (−6.21), Science (−3.91), and Math (−1.08) yet remains elite. Chickering's 3rd-grade ELA (60.49) and Math (62.20) are the lowest school-level figures but still above state. Free/reduced lunch data is blank in this extract, so socioeconomic context cannot be assessed.
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