EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY

EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY is a reasonably sized elementary campus in CAYEY, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school serves 221 students in grades K through 8.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY logs that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. Compared to Cayey Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Cayey Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $30,129 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 33%. Across Cayey Municipio's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,598 students), EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CLEMENCIA MELENDEZ, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS CAYEY operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 61%: 137 students in 2018 compared to 221 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 8.1:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

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