IGNACIO MIRANDA

IGNACIO MIRANDA is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in VEGA ALTA, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 200 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. IGNACIO MIRANDA is one of those campuses.

Demographically, IGNACIO MIRANDA lists 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, IGNACIO MIRANDA logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Vega Alta Municipio put median household income runs about $25,538 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 39%. In all, Vega Alta Municipio runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,887 students), of which IGNACIO MIRANDA is one.

The closest other public school is LADISLAO MARTINEZ, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 39%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 200 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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