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U.S. News Puts Dover-Sherborn High School in Top 5

School was ranked #1 by Boston Magazine earlier this year.


In another report card worthy of the Dover-Sherborn school department fridge, D-S High has been ranked #4 in Mass. in the U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings of schools. 

For both math and English skills, D-S students are in the 99th percentile, getting a 3.8 rating on math and a 3.7 on language skills. The report estimates students leave the school system 69.3 percent ready for college--which is above the state average, according to US News. The school has a 10:1 student-teacher ratio. 

The profile for the school goes on to say, "The AP participation rate at Dover-Sherborn High School is 72 percent. The student body makeup is 50 percent male and 50 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 9 percent. Dover-Sherborn High School is the only high school in the Dover-Sherborn."

The school came in #132 nationwide, and ranked #122 in STEM programming.

The top place in the state went to Sturgis Charter Public School, located in Quincy. Coming in just behind D-S High is the Salem Academy Charter SchoolWellesley High School placed #7, and Needham High School came in #18. 

Boston Magazine ranked the school systems in the Greater Boston area at the end of August, and came up with slightly different numbers. According to them, Dover is ranked #1, Sherborn came in at #2. 


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