BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ

BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ operates as a modestly sized elementary school in SAN SEBASTIAN, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 186 students spanning grades K through 8.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 89% of students at BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Sebastián Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $19,920 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 45%. BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ is one of 10 public schools in San Sebastián Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,799 students).

Nearest neighbor: MANUEL MENDEZ LICIAGA, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ's enrollment has declined 48% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 186). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BERNALDO MENDEZ JIMENEZ community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.