JOSE CELSO BARBOSA

Set in AIBONITO, Puerto Rico, JOSE CELSO BARBOSA is a reasonably sized elementary campus, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It enrolls 333 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), JOSE CELSO BARBOSA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, JOSE CELSO BARBOSA records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, JOSE CELSO BARBOSA has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting JOSE CELSO BARBOSA higher than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Aibonito Municipio indicate median household income runs about $21,744 and the poverty rate sits near 41%. Across Aibonito Municipio's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,633 students), JOSE CELSO BARBOSA is one campus in the mix.

RAFAEL PONT FLORES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE CELSO BARBOSA.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 33%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.