BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is an one-room-style intermediate school in COAMO, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school educates 68 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 242.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Coamo Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.9:1, putting BENJAMIN FRANKLIN tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 91% of students at BENJAMIN FRANKLIN qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, Coamo Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $22,045 per year and the poverty rate sits near 44%. In all, Coamo Municipio runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,528 students), of which BENJAMIN FRANKLIN is one.

The closest other public school is FLORENCIO SANTIAGO, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BENJAMIN FRANKLIN has shrank 73%, going from 251 students in 2018 to 68 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 4.3:1 in 2025.

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