HERMINA DIAZ APONTE

HERMINA DIAZ APONTE is a modestly sized elementary campus in TRUJILLO ALTO, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school educates 153 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 232.

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

On demographics, HERMINA DIAZ APONTE logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). Compared to Trujillo Alto Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HERMINA DIAZ APONTE has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting HERMINA DIAZ APONTE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, Trujillo Alto Municipio reports that median household income runs about $40,055 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 24%. In all, Trujillo Alto Municipio runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,594 students), of which HERMINA DIAZ APONTE is one.

PETRA ZENON DE FABERY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HERMINA DIAZ APONTE.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HERMINA DIAZ APONTE has contracted 34%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 153 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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