DANIEL VELEZ SOTO

DANIEL VELEZ SOTO operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in LARES, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 254 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; DANIEL VELEZ SOTO is among them.

Looking at the student body, DANIEL VELEZ SOTO reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lares Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, DANIEL VELEZ SOTO reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Lares Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $18,917 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 54%. In all, Lares Municipio runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,739 students), of which DANIEL VELEZ SOTO is one.

The closest other public school is RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

DANIEL VELEZ SOTO operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 43%: 448 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for DANIEL VELEZ SOTO typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.