Summary:
Dover City serves about 2,658 students across five schools: three elementaries — South Elementary School (PK–1), East Elementary School (grades 2–3), and Dover Avenue Elementary School (grades 4–5) — plus Dover Middle School (6–8) and Dover High School (9–12), with no alternative schools. The Dover City district ranks 229th of 773 in Ohio — the 70th percentile, with 4 stars — but that strength is not spread evenly across buildings.
The strongest current profiles belong to the middle and upper-elementary schools. Dover Middle School holds 4 stars in each of its last three rank histories, including 250th of 1,046 (76th percentile) in 2025‑26, and posts standout results: Algebra I at 100% proficient versus 61.6% statewide, Grade 8 Science at 77.4% versus 61.2%, and Grade 8 Math at 69.6% versus 52%. Dover Avenue Elementary School earned 4 stars and the 73rd percentile, with Grade 5 Math at 82.6% versus the state's 59.1% and Grade 5 ELA at 80.5%. East Elementary School has the lowest chronic absenteeism in the district at 5.0%, with Grade 3 Math at 73.3% and ELA at 70.7%, both above state levels. South Elementary School reports no current state test scores because it serves PK–1; its most recent rank history is from 2018‑19, at the 58th percentile.
Dover High School is the largest building at 823 students and graduates 86.0%, matching the district. It beats the state in American History (84%), American Government (80.7%), Biology (79.3%), and English II (75.3%), but its math results lag — Geometry at 41.2% and Algebra I at 52.8%, down from 64.5% the prior year — and it has the district's highest chronic absenteeism at 19.7%, against a district rate of 12.0%. Keep in mind that free/reduced lunch data is blank for every school and spending figures date to 2018‑19.
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