JAMES GARFIELD

JAMES GARFIELD is a combined-grade school of modestly sized scale in CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, caters to 207 students in grades K through 12. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 286 students each, so JAMES GARFIELD sits 28% below that benchmark.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, JAMES GARFIELD is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JAMES GARFIELD shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Cabo Rojo Municipio as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JAMES GARFIELD has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Cabo Rojo Municipio put median household earnings sit near $26,408 and roughly 34% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cabo Rojo Municipio's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,593 students), JAMES GARFIELD is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PEDRO NELSON COLBERG, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. JAMES GARFIELD's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 207). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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