EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ

As a moderately sized four-year high school in MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ serves 486 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 389.

EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that enrolls 236,079 students overall.

On the student-mix side, EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.2:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Mayagüez Municipio put median household earnings sit near $18,295 and the poverty rate sits near 46%. EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ is one of 16 public schools in Mayagüez Municipio (combined enrollment of about 4,204 students).

The closest other public school is MANUEL A. BARRETO, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS MAYAGUEZ has contracted 46%, going from 892 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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