ELEMENTAL URBANA DE VEGA ALTA

ELEMENTAL URBANA DE VEGA ALTA operates as an intimate K-5 school in VEGA ALTA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 178 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

ELEMENTAL URBANA DE VEGA ALTA is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that teaches 236,079 students overall.

On demographics, ELEMENTAL URBANA DE VEGA ALTA shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Vega Alta Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $25,538 and roughly 39% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Vega Alta Municipio's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,887 students), ELEMENTAL URBANA DE VEGA ALTA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IGNACIO MIRANDA, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELEMENTAL URBANA DE VEGA ALTA.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 211 students in 2018 compared to 178 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.