FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO

As a tight-knit 6-8 campus in NAGUABO, Puerto Rico, FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO hosts 187 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 242 students.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO logs that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. Compared to Naguabo Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Naguabo Municipio) logs that the typical household earns roughly $23,395 per year and the poverty rate sits near 43%. FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO is one of 7 public schools in Naguabo Municipio (combined enrollment of about 1,640 students).

The closest other public school is EUGENIO BRAC, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FIDELINA MELENDEZ MONSANTO has edged down 45%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 187 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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