JOSE ROBLES OTERO

Set in TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico, JOSE ROBLES OTERO is a small elementary-level community, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It caters to 162 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 232.

JOSE ROBLES OTERO is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that works with 236,079 students overall.

On demographics, JOSE ROBLES OTERO lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Toa Baja Municipio (around 87%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Toa Baja Municipio indicate the typical household earns roughly $32,017 per year and the poverty rate sits near 30%. In all, Toa Baja Municipio runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,084 students), of which JOSE ROBLES OTERO is one.

ALTINENCIA VALLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOSE ROBLES OTERO.

JOSE ROBLES OTERO operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOSE ROBLES OTERO has decreased 7%, going from 174 students in 2018 to 162 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the JOSE ROBLES OTERO community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.