CARLOS ZAYAS

CARLOS ZAYAS is an elementary-level community of tight-knit scale in SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, serveing 175 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 232.

CARLOS ZAYAS is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that hosts 236,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CARLOS ZAYAS records that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to San Lorenzo Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school reports having 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting CARLOS ZAYAS higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Lorenzo Municipio) logs that median household earnings sit near $22,847 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 41%. In all, San Lorenzo Municipio runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,880 students), of which CARLOS ZAYAS is one.

LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA SAN LORENZO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARLOS ZAYAS's enrollment has shrank 35% since 2018, when it stood at 269 (now 175). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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