DRA. MARIA SOCORRO LACOT

DRA. MARIA SOCORRO LACOT, a high-enrollment four-year high school in GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, caters to 927 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 389 students per school, that is 138% bigger than typical.

DRA. MARIA SOCORRO LACOT is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that serves 236,079 students overall.

On the student-mix side, DRA. MARIA SOCORRO LACOT reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.2:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Guayama Municipio reports that median household income runs about $20,402 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 47%. Across Guayama Municipio's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,290 students), DRA. MARIA SOCORRO LACOT is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FRANCISCO GARCIA BOYRIE, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. DRA. MARIA SOCORRO LACOT's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,152 (now 927). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.