Schools · Dover

Dover, MI schools

Dover’s public schools score well below Michigan’s averages: 33% of students are proficient in reading against 47.9% statewide, and 67% of high schoolers graduate on time against 82.9%. Kids attend Ruth McGregor Elementary School through grade 5, then Sand Creek High School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C+School Grade

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Dover’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Dover’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 60% of Michigan’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

B-Test scoresDGraduation

Michigan school districts we grade (796)Better than 40%

Lower resultsHigher results

Michigan towns with similar household incomes (1,195)Better than 20%

Towns in Lenawee County (22)Better than 9%

High confidence. Built on 760 tested students and a graduating class of 91; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Michigan’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Michigan only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Michigan with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Dover kids go to school

Grades PK–5

ARuth McGregor Elementary School 352 students · Sand Creek Sand Creek Community Schools

Grades 6–12

C+Sand Creek High School 404 students · Sand Creek Sand Creek Community Schools

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (Hudson Area)33%

State average 47.9%

Reading (grades PK–12, Sand Creek Community)48%

State average 47.9%

Math (Hudson Area)18%

State average 34.6%

Math (grades PK–12, Sand Creek Community)35%

State average 34.6%

Graduation · class of 2020

67% graduate on time

Graduation rate

67%

MI: 82.9%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Dover

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Hudson Area SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 1,368 students

$12,536 per studentMI $16,528C 🏫

Sand Creek Community SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 756 students

$15,190 per studentMI $16,528B+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

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