20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1988

20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1988 is a small middle school in VIEQUES, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school teaches 196 students in grades 6 through 8.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1988 is one campus in the system.

Demographically, 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1988 shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). Compared to Vieques Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.9:1 average. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Vieques Municipio runs at roughly 81%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Vieques Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $19,803 per year and the poverty rate sits near 56%. Across Vieques Municipio's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 907 students), 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1988 is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GERMAN RIECKEHOFF, roughly 0.6 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 1988 has contracted 15%, going from 231 students in 2018 to 196 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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