CENTRO RESIDENCIAL OPORTUNIDADES EDUCATIVAS VILLALBA (CROEV)

CENTRO RESIDENCIAL OPORTUNIDADES EDUCATIVAS VILLALBA (CROEV), a close-knit secondary school in VILLALBA, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, enrolls 206 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 389.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), CENTRO RESIDENCIAL OPORTUNIDADES EDUCATIVAS VILLALBA (CROEV) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CENTRO RESIDENCIAL OPORTUNIDADES EDUCATIVAS VILLALBA (CROEV) records that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Villalba Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Villalba Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $26,286 and roughly 35% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Villalba Municipio runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,828 students), of which CENTRO RESIDENCIAL OPORTUNIDADES EDUCATIVAS VILLALBA (CROEV) is one.

Nearest neighbor: LYSANDER BORRERO TERRY, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 8%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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