ANDRES VALCARCEL

ANDRES VALCARCEL, a tight-knit middle school in TRUJILLO ALTO, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, enrolls 147 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 242 students per school, that is 39% below typical.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, ANDRES VALCARCEL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ANDRES VALCARCEL lists that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Trujillo Alto Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.7:1. The state averages around 9.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at ANDRES VALCARCEL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Trujillo Alto Municipio indicate median household income runs about $40,055 and roughly 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANDRES VALCARCEL is one of 10 public schools in Trujillo Alto Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,594 students).

MEDARDO CARAZO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 60%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 in 2025.

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