Ash Point Community School

Ash Point Community School operates as a close-knit elementary school in Owls Head, Maine, overseen by RSU 13. Current enrollment sits at 158 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 229 students per school, that is 31% smaller than typical.

RSU 13 comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,508 students; Ash Point Community School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Ash Point Community School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Knox County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 39% of students at Ash Point Community School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for Knox County shows median household income runs about $74,096, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Knox County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,217 students), of which Ash Point Community School is one.

The closest other public school is South School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

On the community side, members of the Ash Point Community School community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.