ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON

ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON, a tight-knit elementary-level community in OROCOVIS, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, educates 189 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that hosts 236,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Orocovis Municipio as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Orocovis Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $20,302 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 48%. ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON is one of 10 public schools in Orocovis Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,292 students).

BONIFACIO ALVARADO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 194 (now 189). Class-load math has fell: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the ANGEL RAFAEL DIAZ COLON community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.