Dover School District (New Jersey)
The Dover School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Dover in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprising five schools, had an enrollment of 3,262 students and 211.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1. The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common  socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J. Students in grades K-12 from Victory Gardens attend the schools of the Dover School District, which has been consolidated since 2010. Students in grades 7-12 from Mine Hill Township also participate in the Dover district as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Schools. Schools in the district (with 2018–19 enrollment from the National Center for Education Statistics) are: Administration. Core members of the district's administration are: Board of education. The district's board of  education, with nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election.