JOHN W. HARRIS

As a small primary school in ARECIBO, Puerto Rico, JOHN W. HARRIS enrolls 157 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; JOHN W. HARRIS is among them.

On demographics, JOHN W. HARRIS reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JOHN W. HARRIS has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Around 82% 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 Arecibo Municipio shows median household earnings sit near $23,635 and roughly 38% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Arecibo Municipio's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,627 students), JOHN W. HARRIS is one campus in the mix.

COTTO ANEXO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN W. HARRIS.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. JOHN W. HARRIS's enrollment has ticked down 26% since 2018, when it stood at 213 (now 157). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 7.9:1 in 2018 to 5.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.