COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA

COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA is an elementary school of reasonably sized scale in NARANJITO, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, instructing 211 students in grades K through 8.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, Naranjito Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $22,156 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 50%. In all, Naranjito Municipio runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,206 students), of which COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA is one.

FRANCISCO MORALES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA has declined 43%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for COLEEN VAZQUEZ URRUTIA typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.