FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS

Set in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS is a small K-5 school, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It teaches 129 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS reports 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, FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Juan Municipio put median household income runs about $27,992 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 36%. Across San Juan Municipio's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MANUEL ELZABURU Y VIZCARRONDO, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 49%: 253 students in 2018 compared to 129 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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