ELVIRA M. COLON

ELVIRA M. COLON is one of the middle-of-the-pack secondary schools in SANTA ISABEL, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 342 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; ELVIRA M. COLON is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ELVIRA M. COLON reports that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Black, 2% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 10.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 88% of students at ELVIRA M. COLON qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Around the school, Santa Isabel Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $25,795 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 40%. Across Santa Isabel Municipio's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,282 students), ELVIRA M. COLON is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MANUEL MARTIN MONSERRATE, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. ELVIRA M. COLON's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 342). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 100% to 93%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the ELVIRA M. COLON community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.