Dover's first school house was constructed in 1827 in a forested area on the south side of 4th Street, near the cemetery[citation needed].

[3] The new facility will be built on the site of the current high school on N. Walnut Street.

The oldest portions of the school will be demolished, including the 1915 wing and the 1940 section.

[3] A time capsule from 1915 contained in the old school cornerstone was recovered in 2019 and preserved for the new building.

Dover fields eighteen varsity teams in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.