JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA

Located at CALLE DEL CARMEN FINAL BO PUEBLO, in MOROVIS, Puerto Rico, JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA is a mid-tier K-5 school that teaches 226 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Morovis Municipio as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Morovis Municipio put median household income runs about $25,003 and the poverty rate sits near 41%. Across Morovis Municipio's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,729 students), JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA is one campus in the mix.

JAIME A. COLLAZO DEL RIO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Looking at the recent track record. JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA's enrollment has declined 38% since 2018, when it stood at 362 (now 226). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the JORGE L. MARRERO PADILLA community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.