JOSE ONOFRE TORRES

JOSE ONOFRE TORRES operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in YAUCO, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 225 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, JOSE ONOFRE TORRES shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JOSE ONOFRE TORRES has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages around 9.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 91% of students at JOSE ONOFRE TORRES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, census data for Yauco Municipio shows median household income runs about $24,255 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 38%. Across Yauco Municipio's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,274 students), JOSE ONOFRE TORRES is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SUPERIOR OCUPACIONAL Y TECNICA DE YAUCO, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE ONOFRE TORRES.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. JOSE ONOFRE TORRES's enrollment has shrank 45% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 225). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the JOSE ONOFRE TORRES community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.