FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ

Located at CALLE GEORGETTI BO PUEBLO, in BARCELONETA, Puerto Rico, FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ is a reasonably sized senior high that serves 505 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 389 students.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Barceloneta Municipio put median household earnings sit near $24,508 and the poverty rate sits near 41%. In all, Barceloneta Municipio runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,636 students), of which FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ is one.

Nearest neighbor: ELI RAMOS ROSARIO, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ.

FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. FERNANDO SURIA CHAVEZ's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 619 (now 505). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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