EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO

EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in ARECIBO, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, instructing 210 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO is one campus in the system.

On demographics, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO lists that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, census data for Arecibo Municipio shows median household earnings sit near $23,635 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 38%. Across Arecibo Municipio's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,627 students), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FACTOR 5, around 2.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS ARECIBO operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 248 students in 2018 compared to 210 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.