ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA

Set in VEGA ALTA, Puerto Rico, ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA is a mid-sized elementary campus, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It caters to 221 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Vega Alta Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Vega Alta Municipio (around 87%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Vega Alta Municipio) reports that the typical household earns roughly $25,538 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 39%. In all, Vega Alta Municipio runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,887 students), of which ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA is one.

The closest other public school is LADISLAO MARTINEZ, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. ANTONIO PAOLI VEGA ALTA's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 221).

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.