JOSE HORACIO CORA

JOSE HORACIO CORA is a middle school of close-knit scale in ARROYO, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, works with 188 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 242 students each, so JOSE HORACIO CORA sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; JOSE HORACIO CORA is among them.

Demographically, JOSE HORACIO CORA lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Arroyo Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. The state averages about 9.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 91% of students at JOSE HORACIO CORA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Across the wider county, census data for Arroyo Municipio shows the typical household earns roughly $21,186 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 52%. JOSE HORACIO CORA is one of 6 public schools in Arroyo Municipio (combined enrollment of about 1,484 students).

ADALBERTO SANCHEZ MORALES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. JOSE HORACIO CORA's enrollment has declined 36% since 2018, when it stood at 292 (now 188). Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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