CARMEN BELEN VEIGA

CARMEN BELEN VEIGA operates as a modestly sized four-year high school in JUANA DIAZ, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 389 students per school, that is 22% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARMEN BELEN VEIGA records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Juana Díaz Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CARMEN BELEN VEIGA has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting CARMEN BELEN VEIGA tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Juana Díaz Municipio) logs that median household income runs about $24,852 and the poverty rate sits near 40%. CARMEN BELEN VEIGA is one of 13 public schools in Juana Díaz Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,377 students).

LUIS LLORENS TORRES JUANA DIAZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARMEN BELEN VEIGA.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 21%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

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