CERRO GORDO MEDINA

As a compact K-5 school in MOCA, Puerto Rico, CERRO GORDO MEDINA educates 188 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. CERRO GORDO MEDINA is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CERRO GORDO MEDINA lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, CERRO GORDO MEDINA has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 80% of students at CERRO GORDO MEDINA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Moca Municipio) records that the typical household earns roughly $23,586 per year and roughly 44% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Moca Municipio's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,318 students), CERRO GORDO MEDINA is one campus in the mix.

TOMAS VERA AYALA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CERRO GORDO MEDINA.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 11%: 169 students in 2018 compared to 188 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.