JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ

JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ operates as an intimate K-5 school in CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 145 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ sits 38% below that benchmark.

JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that teaches 236,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Carolina Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, Carolina Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $36,958 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. In all, Carolina Municipio runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,081 students), of which JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ is one.

The closest other public school is SALVADOR BRAU, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. JESUS MANUEL SUAREZ's enrollment has fell 35% since 2018, when it stood at 222 (now 145). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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