INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ

As a big elementary-level community in BARRANQUITAS, Puerto Rico, INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ works with 537 students from grades K through 8, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ sits 131% above that benchmark.

INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that hosts 236,079 students overall.

On the student-mix side, INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ reports that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Barranquitas Municipio shows the typical household earns roughly $23,407 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 48%. In all, Barranquitas Municipio runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,350 students), of which INTERMEDIA FRANCISCO (PACO) LOPEZ LOPEZ is one.

Nearest neighbor: EL FARALLON, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 63%: 329 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025.

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