JAIME COIRA ORTIZ

Located at CARR 149 RAMAL 615 KM 7, in CIALES, Puerto Rico, JAIME COIRA ORTIZ is a small primary school that hosts 161 students (grades pre-K through 8), one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 232.

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

On the student-mix side, JAIME COIRA ORTIZ shows that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Ciales Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, JAIME COIRA ORTIZ has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting JAIME COIRA ORTIZ tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, Ciales Municipio reports that median household income runs about $22,586 and the poverty rate sits near 51%. In all, Ciales Municipio runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,633 students), of which JAIME COIRA ORTIZ is one.

FRANCISCO SERRANO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around JAIME COIRA ORTIZ.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 175 students in 2018 compared to 161 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.