In 2012, Dover Area Intermediate School improved to Making Progress in School Improvement II level. In 2011, Dover Area Intermediate School declined to School Improvement II level due to chronic low student achievement in mathematics. In 2010, the school was in School Improvement I level. Under No Child Left Behind, the school administration was required to notify parents of the school's poor performance and to offer the opportunity to transfer to an achieving school in the district. Dover Area School District reports that 5 of its Intermediate School teachers are not Highly Qualified under No Child Left Behind.