CRISTOBAL SANTANA MELECIO

As a medium-sized elementary campus in DORADO, Puerto Rico, CRISTOBAL SANTANA MELECIO works with 301 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

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

On demographics, CRISTOBAL SANTANA MELECIO shows that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dorado Municipio indicate the typical household earns roughly $36,391 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Across Dorado Municipio's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,154 students), CRISTOBAL SANTANA MELECIO is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOSE NEVAREZ LOPEZ, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. CRISTOBAL SANTANA MELECIO's enrollment has ticked up 106% since 2018, when it stood at 146 (now 301).

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.