Schools · Dover

Dover, MO schools

Dover’s public schools score close to Missouri’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend SHELDON ELEM. or WEBER ELEM. through grade 6, then TRUMAN ELEM. or SHELDON ELEM. or HEARTLAND R-V SCH., NEVADA MIDDLE or SHELDON HIGH or HEARTLAND R-V SCH. and NEVADA HIGH or SHELDON HIGH or HEARTLAND R-V SCH..

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

BSchool Grade

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Dover’s School Grade: B

The public schools Dover’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 58%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (478)Better than 50%

Towns in Vernon County (20)Better than 95%

High confidence. Built on 1,348 tested students and a graduating class of 152; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Missouri’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 Missouri 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 Missouri 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–6

B-SHELDON ELEM. or WEBER ELEM. Depends on your address Sheldon R-VIII School District

Grades 7–12

CTRUMAN ELEM. or B-SHELDON ELEM. or HEARTLAND R-V SCH. Depends on your address Nevada R-V School District

Grades 12

B-NEVADA MIDDLE or B+SHELDON HIGH or HEARTLAND R-V SCH. Depends on your address Nevada R-V School District

Grades 12

B+NEVADA HIGH or B+SHELDON HIGH or HEARTLAND R-V SCH. Depends on your address Nevada R-V School District

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–6, Sheldon R-VIII)42%

State average 45.3%

Reading (grades 7–12, Nevada R-V)44%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–6, Sheldon R-VIII)52%

State average 35.3%

Math (grades 7–12, Nevada R-V)33%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

MO: 90.6%

Graduating class

152

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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Sheldon R-VIII School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 212 students

$12,912 per studentMO $14,569A-🏫

Nevada R-V School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,777 students

$11,509 per studentMO $14,569B-

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

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