JOSE M. TORRES

Set in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, JOSE M. TORRES is a tight-knit elementary school, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It serves 106 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 232.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, JOSE M. TORRES is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JOSE M. TORRES shows that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Bayamón Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, Bayamón Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $31,354 and the poverty rate sits near 31%. JOSE M. TORRES is one of 43 public schools in Bayamón Municipio (combined enrollment of about 12,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: ANTONIO RIVERA, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE M. TORRES.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. JOSE M. TORRES's enrollment has ticked down 44% since 2018, when it stood at 188 (now 106). Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 4.8:1 in 2025.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.