JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ

JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in AGUADA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 90 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% smaller than the state mean of about 232.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ shows that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Aguada Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Aguada Municipio indicate median household income runs about $21,501 and roughly 43% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Aguada Municipio runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,955 students), of which JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ is one.

JUAN B. SOTO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 146 students in 2018 compared to 90 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for JOSE GONZALEZ RUIZ typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.