BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES

BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 136 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 232.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. Compared to Caguas Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Caguas Municipio indicate the typical household earns roughly $31,379 per year and the poverty rate sits near 34%. In all, Caguas Municipio runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,277 students), of which BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES is one.

The closest other public school is MANUELA TORO MORICE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES has fell 36%, going from 212 students in 2018 to 136 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.