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FLORENCIA GARCIA
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FLORENCIA GARCIA
Set in LAS PIEDRAS, Puerto Rico, FLORENCIA GARCIA is a cozy 9-12 campus, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It serves 312 students across grades 9 through 12.
Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, FLORENCIA GARCIA is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, FLORENCIA GARCIA logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. Compared to Las Piedras Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.2:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Las Piedras Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $25,232 and the poverty rate sits near 36%. Across Las Piedras Municipio's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,239 students), FLORENCIA GARCIA is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: LEONCIO MELENDEZ, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FLORENCIA GARCIA has declined 43%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 312 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for FLORENCIA GARCIA typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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