BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS

BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS is a K-5 school of modestly sized scale in SAN GERMAN, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, serveing 158 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Roughly 78% of students at BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of San Germán Municipio's rate of about 86%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Germán Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $18,317 and roughly 44% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Germán Municipio runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,312 students), of which BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS is one.

The closest other public school is FRANCISCO MARIA QUINONES, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 187 (now 158). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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