JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO

JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in LAJAS, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, instructs 230 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO is one of those campuses.

Demographically, JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Guánica Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Guánica Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $17,633 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 63%. Across Guánica Municipio's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,089 students), JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO is one campus in the mix.

ELSA E. COUTO ANNONI is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOSE RODRIGUEZ SOTO has declined 48%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 230 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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