BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ

BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ is a small elementary school serving families in SAN SEBASTIAN, Puerto Rico. There are 186 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 8.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION enrolls 236,079 students in 856 schools, including BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ.

By race and ethnicity, BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ is 100% Hispanic. In San Sebastián Municipio overall, the Hispanic share is about 99%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 0%.

Teacher count: 20 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 9.3:1. The ratio is within a point of the 9.2:1 average for elementary schools in Puerto Rico. Roughly 89% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 88% average for public schools in San Sebastián Municipio.

For the population of San Sebastián Municipio, the median household earns about $19,920 a year and the share of residents below the poverty line is 45%. BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ shares San Sebastián Municipio with 9 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ is closest to MANUEL MENDEZ LICIAGA, about 1.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 186, from 292 in 2020-21. The ratio was 13.9:1 in 2020-21 and 9.3:1 in 2024-25.

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