ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ

ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ is an intimate primary school in TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school enrolls 105 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ is among them.

Demographically, ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ lists that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, census data for Toa Alta Municipio shows median household earnings sit near $35,241 and roughly 30% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ is one of 11 public schools in Toa Alta Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,530 students).

Nearest neighbor: JOSE PABLO MORALES, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALEJANDRO JR. CRUZ has declined 12%, going from 119 students in 2018 to 105 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 7.4:1 in 2018 to 5.3:1 in 2025.

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