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DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON
DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON is a four-year high school of modestly sized scale in GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, caters to 309 students in grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 389 students each, so DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON sits 21% below that benchmark.
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Guayama Municipio as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Guayama Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $20,402 per year and the poverty rate sits near 47%. Across Guayama Municipio's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,290 students), DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON is one campus in the mix.
SIMON MADERA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON.
The campus sits in a high-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DR. RAFAEL LOPEZ LANDRON has contracted 21%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 309 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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