FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ

FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ is one of the compact junior highs in UTUADO, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 176 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 242 students each, so FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ sits 27% below that benchmark.

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

On demographics, FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Utuado Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. The state averages around 9.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Utuado Municipio) reports that the typical household earns roughly $20,800 per year and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ is one of 12 public schools in Utuado Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,495 students).

MARIA LIBERTAD GOMEZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ.

FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 55%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 176 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the FRANCISCO RAMOS SANCHEZ community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.