Edgewater Public School is an elementary school which serves the northern section of Edgewater. Edgewater is located in the southeast section of Volusia County and is about 60 miles northeast of Orlando. It is a beautiful, historic community with a population of approximately 20,000 residents.

 

Our school first began to provide quality education to the children of Edgewater in 1879. The first name of our school was Hawk's Park, named after an early settler by the name of Dr. John Milton Hawks who donated one of his winter cottages to serve as a school.

 

The original school was replaced by a slightly larger one in 1890. This facility burned to the ground in 1912 and was replaced by the block constructed Betsy Ross School. This closed in 1917 and our children went to school in New Smyrna until our current facility was built in 1966. We have sustained on-going additions and improvements ever since.