CRISTOBAL COLON

CRISTOBAL COLON operates as an average-sized K-5 school in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 238 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, CRISTOBAL COLON shows that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Bayamón Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, CRISTOBAL COLON has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Bayamón Municipio shows median household earnings sit near $31,354 and roughly 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bayamón Municipio runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,731 students), of which CRISTOBAL COLON is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR. JOSE PADIN BAYAMON, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. CRISTOBAL COLON's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 246 (now 238). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 today.

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