The Dover Area School District is a midsized, rural, public school district located in Pennsylvania, United States. It consists of Dover Township, Washington Township and the Borough of Dover in York County. The district encompasses an area of approximately 65 square miles (170 km2). The school district has a population of 22,349 people, according to the 2000 federal census. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $20,403, while the median family income was $53,056. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in school year 2009-10, the district had 3,680 pupils enrolled in grades kindergarten through12th grades. It employed 234 teachers. In 2007-08, Dover Area School District provided basic educational services to 3,548 pupils. It employed: 251 teachers, 182 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 16 administrators. Dover Area School District received more than $17 million in state funding in school year 2007-08.
The district operates: Dover Area High School (9th-12th), Dover Intermediate School (7th-8th), Dover Elementary School, Leib Elementary School, North Salem Elementary School and Weigelstown Elementary School.
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