DR. PILA

DR. PILA, a low-enrollment 9-12 campus in PONCE, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, works with 294 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 389.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, DR. PILA is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DR. PILA records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 89% of students at DR. PILA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Ponce Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $19,877 and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DR. PILA is one of 41 public schools in Ponce Municipio (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students).

The closest other public school is JAIME L. DREW, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. DR. PILA's enrollment has contracted 33% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 294). Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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