Center Drive School

Center Drive School is a primary school of heavily attended scale in Orrington, Maine, one of the schools within Orrington Public Schools, caters to 346 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Center Drive School sits 51% larger than that benchmark.

Center Drive School sits inside Orrington Public Schools, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Center Drive School reports that nearly all students (95%) are White; the rest comes out to 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.5:1 average. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Penobscot County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Penobscot County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,356, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Penobscot County runs 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,646 students), of which Center Drive School is one.

Reeds Brook Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

Center Drive School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Center Drive School has contracted 18%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.