DOLORES GONZALEZ

DOLORES GONZALEZ is a K-5 school of intimate scale in ARROYO, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, teacheing 114 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 51% smaller than typical.

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

In terms of who attends, DOLORES GONZALEZ shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Arroyo Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, Arroyo Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $21,186 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 52%. In all, Arroyo Municipio runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,484 students), of which DOLORES GONZALEZ is one.

SUPERIOR URBANA DE ARROYO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 13%: 101 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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