District profile / Massachusetts

Dover-Sherborn

Dover, Massachusetts · Public school district · #223 of 229 Massachusetts districts by enrollment

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1,081

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$23,699

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · 25% above the Massachusetts median

9.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Massachusetts median 11.9

Dover-Sherborn is a public school district based in Dover, Massachusetts, serving 1,081 students in 2 schools. By enrollment it ranks #223 of the 229 Massachusetts districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 3% of them. Its schools average 540 students each, about the same as the Massachusetts median of 509. It spends about $23,699 per student on day-to-day operations, 25% more than the Massachusetts median. It has roughly 9.7 students per teacher.

How Dover-Sherborn compares

Dover-SherbornMassachusetts median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$23,699

Massachusetts median $18,974 · 25% above · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$15,651

Massachusetts median $11,960 · 31% above · FY2020-21

Students per school540

Massachusetts median 509 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher9.7

Massachusetts median 11.9 · 18% below · 2024-25

Students per counselor154

Massachusetts median 372 · 59% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$32.0 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 2%State 25%Local 73%

Measure	Dover-Sherborn	Massachusetts median	Year
Current spending per student	$23,699	$18,974	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$15,651	$11,960	FY2020-21
Total spending	$30.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$32.0 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	111	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	182	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	9.7	11.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	154	372	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Massachusetts median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Massachusetts

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
HopedaleHopedale	1,108	3	$17,542	11.9	#220
PalmerPalmer	1,093	2	$19,130	11.0	#221
WareWare	1,082	3	$17,893	12.7	#222
Dover-SherbornDover · this district	1,081	2	$23,699	9.7	#223
NorfolkNorfolk	1,056	2	$18,755	12.0	#224

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Morris School District 54Morris, IL	1,082	$10,648	13.4
Rockridge CUSD 300Taylor Ridge, IL	1,082	$14,928	13.5
McBain Rural Agricultural SchoolsMc Bain, MI	1,081	$11,058	17.7
Pike-Delta-York LocalDelta, OH	1,081	$13,436	16.1

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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