FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS

FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS is a high-enrollment K-5 school in PONCE, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school caters to 426 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS sits 84% bigger than that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). Compared to Ponce Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, Ponce Municipio reports that median household income runs about $19,877 and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ponce Municipio runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students), of which FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS is one.

Nearest neighbor: LILA MARIA MERCEDES MAYORAL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. FERNANDO LUIS MALAVE OLIVERAS's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 504 (now 426).

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.