DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD

DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD is a primary school of rural-scale scale in LAS MARIAS, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, works with 58 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 75% smaller than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Las Marías Municipio put median household earnings sit near $16,314 and the poverty rate sits near 57%. DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD is one of 5 public schools in Las Marías Municipio (combined enrollment of about 977 students).

LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DR. SILVERIO MEDINA GAUD has ticked down 39%, going from 95 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 today.

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