ANTONIO R. BARCELO

ANTONIO R. BARCELO is an elementary campus of roomy scale in CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, works with 414 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so ANTONIO R. BARCELO sits 78% bigger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, ANTONIO R. BARCELO reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, ANTONIO R. BARCELO lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.8:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Canóvanas Municipio indicate the typical household earns roughly $29,642 per year and roughly 30% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANTONIO R. BARCELO is one of 10 public schools in Canóvanas Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,525 students).

The closest other public school is LUIS HERNAIZ VERONNE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANTONIO R. BARCELO.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANTONIO R. BARCELO has fell 21%, going from 527 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.