HATO VIEJO CUMBRE

Set in CIALES, Puerto Rico, HATO VIEJO CUMBRE is a very small elementary-level community, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It educates 58 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 232.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, HATO VIEJO CUMBRE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HATO VIEJO CUMBRE records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Ciales Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting HATO VIEJO CUMBRE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 86% of students at HATO VIEJO CUMBRE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Ciales Municipio put median household earnings sit near $22,586 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 51%. Across Ciales Municipio's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,633 students), HATO VIEJO CUMBRE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JUAN ANTONIO CORRETJER CIALES, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HATO VIEJO CUMBRE has edged down 51%, going from 119 students in 2018 to 58 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 5.8:1 in 2025.

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