ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES

Set in MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES is an intimate K-5 school, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It enrolls 190 students across grades pre-K through 8.

ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that teaches 236,079 students overall.

On demographics, ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES records that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 7% White.

On the resource side, ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Mayagüez Municipio put median household earnings sit near $18,295 and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mayagüez Municipio runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,204 students), of which ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES is one.

Nearest neighbor: RAFAEL MARTINEZ NADAL MAYAGUEZ, around 3.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELVIRA RUPERTO QUILES.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 34%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 190 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 100% to 93% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.