ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS

ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS is a tiny secondary school in LAJAS, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school serves 78 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 389 students each, so ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS sits 80% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, census data for Lajas Municipio shows median household income runs about $19,695 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 51%. Across Lajas Municipio's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,908 students), ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RAMON OLIVARES, around 2.6 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. ALEJANDRO TAPIA Y RIVERA LAJAS's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 98 (now 78).

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