It is part of Maine School Administrative District 32, or MSAD 32, which serves Ashland, Garfield Plantation, Masardis, Oxbow, Portage Lake, and Sheridan, Maine.

There is a student population of approximately 320 from school grades Pre-K–12, with fifty-six faculty members as well as administrators, a counselor and three support personnel.

Sports programs offered at Ashland District School include: baseball, basketball, cheering, cross country, golf, softball, and soccer.

Ashland District School was designed by Lewis & Malm Architecture of Bucksport, Maine, residing where the old soccer and baseball/softball fields used to be.

Construction began on August 19, 2008, and completed just in time for the 2010–2011 school year.