Edna Drinkwater School

Edna Drinkwater School operates as a tight-knit primary school in Northport, Maine, one of the schools within Northport Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 98 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Edna Drinkwater School sits 57% below that benchmark.

Northport Public Schools is the operating authority for Edna Drinkwater School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edna Drinkwater School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Waldo County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Edna Drinkwater School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.5:1, putting Edna Drinkwater School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Waldo County) reports that median household income runs about $72,782, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Waldo County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,843 students), Edna Drinkwater School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Captain Albert W. Stevens School, around 2.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Edna Drinkwater School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 121 students in 2018 compared to 98 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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