CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE

CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in ANASCO, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, instructing 206 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Añasco Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 79% of students at CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Añasco Municipio runs at roughly 87%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Añasco Municipio put median household earnings sit near $24,436 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 40%. CRUZ MARIA GOMEZ DE MALAVE is one of 6 public schools in Añasco Municipio (combined enrollment of about 1,729 students).

The closest other public school is ISABEL SUAREZ, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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