ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS

ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in LAJAS, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, educateing 345 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS sits 49% bigger than that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Lajas Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, Lajas Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $19,695 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 51%. Across Lajas Municipio's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,908 students), ELEMENTAL URBANA DE LAJAS is one campus in the mix.

LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA LAJAS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.