DR. JOSE N. GANDARA

As a medium-sized senior high in AIBONITO, Puerto Rico, DR. JOSE N. GANDARA instructs 408 students from grades 9 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 N. GANDARA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, DR. JOSE N. GANDARA lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Aibonito Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Aibonito Municipio put median household income runs about $21,744 and the poverty rate sits near 41%. Across Aibonito Municipio's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,633 students), DR. JOSE N. GANDARA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RAFAEL PONT FLORES, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DR. JOSE N. GANDARA has ticked down 31%, going from 594 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the DR. JOSE N. GANDARA community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.