BENIGNO CARRION

Set in CAYEY, Puerto Rico, BENIGNO CARRION is a moderately sized elementary campus, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It serves 289 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 25% larger than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, BENIGNO CARRION reports that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Cayey Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, BENIGNO CARRION shows 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cayey Municipio) records that the typical household earns roughly $30,129 per year and the poverty rate sits near 33%. Across Cayey Municipio's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,598 students), BENIGNO CARRION is one campus in the mix.

BENJAMIN HARRISON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 330 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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