JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO

Located at PDA 1 AVE JUAN PONCE DE LEON, in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO is an one-room-style secondary school that educates 135 students (grades 6 through 12), run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Compared to the state average of about 389 students per school, that is 65% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with San Juan Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.2:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Juan Municipio) records that median household income runs about $27,992 and the poverty rate sits near 36%. Across San Juan Municipio's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO is one campus in the mix.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAN JUAN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOSE JULIAN ACOSTA - TEATRO has decreased 36%, going from 212 students in 2018 to 135 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.