JAIME CASTANER

Located at CARR 372 KM 9, in YAUCO, Puerto Rico, JAIME CASTANER is a minimally staffed K-5 school that enrolls 64 students (grades K through 8), overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Enrollment runs roughly 72% leaner than the state mean of about 232.

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

On the student-mix side, JAIME CASTANER reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Yauco Municipio as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, Yauco Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $24,255 and roughly 38% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JAIME CASTANER is one of 14 public schools in Yauco Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,274 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALMACIGO ALTO II, around 3.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JAIME CASTANER.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JAIME CASTANER has ticked down 62%, going from 168 students in 2018 to 64 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 4.0:1 today.

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