AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ

AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ is a compact elementary school in SAN SEBASTIAN, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school caters to 103 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ lists that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. Compared to San Sebastián Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.4:1. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 90% of students at AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, San Sebastián Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $19,920 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 45%. AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ is one of 10 public schools in San Sebastián Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,799 students).

MAXIMINO A. SALAS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUREA FUENTES MENDEZ has contracted 11%, going from 116 students in 2018 to 103 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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