HONORIO HERNANDEZ

HONORIO HERNANDEZ is one of the moderately sized primary schools in QUEBRADILLAS, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 284 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so HONORIO HERNANDEZ sits 22% larger than that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; HONORIO HERNANDEZ is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HONORIO HERNANDEZ logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at HONORIO HERNANDEZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Quebradillas Municipio indicate median household income runs about $24,640 and the poverty rate sits near 41%. In all, Quebradillas Municipio runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,823 students), of which HONORIO HERNANDEZ is one.

The closest other public school is LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA, roughly 1.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. HONORIO HERNANDEZ's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 284). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.