DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN

Located at PDA. 4 1/2 PONCE DE LEON, in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN is a middle-of-the-pack unified-grade school that caters to 289 students (grades 4 through 12), run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. Compared to San Juan Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.5:1, putting DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Juan Municipio put median household earnings sit near $27,992 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 36%. DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN is one of 89 public schools in San Juan Municipio (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students).

JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN has held roughly steady, going from 296 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the DR. JOSE CELSO BARBOSA SAN JUAN community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.