DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA

As a big junior high in MOCA, Puerto Rico, DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA enrolls 389 students from grades 6 through 8, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 242 students each, so DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA sits 61% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.9:1, putting DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Moca Municipio) logs that median household income runs about $23,586 and the poverty rate sits near 44%. In all, Moca Municipio runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,318 students), of which DR. EFRAIN SANCHEZ HIDALGO MOCA is one.

The closest other public school is ADOLFO BABILONIA, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 11%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

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