CUCHILLAS

CUCHILLAS, a small elementary campus in MOCA, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, works with 191 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), CUCHILLAS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CUCHILLAS records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Moca Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CUCHILLAS lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 82% of students at CUCHILLAS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Moca Municipio indicate median household income runs about $23,586 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 44%. Across Moca Municipio's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,318 students), CUCHILLAS is one campus in the mix.

MARCELINO RODRIGUEZ ROMAN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CUCHILLAS.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025.

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