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JOSE ROJAS CORTES
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOSE ROJAS CORTES
JOSE ROJAS CORTES operates as a middle-of-the-pack high school in OROCOVIS, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 417 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; JOSE ROJAS CORTES is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, JOSE ROJAS CORTES lists that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Orocovis Municipio as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orocovis Municipio put median household earnings sit near $20,302 and roughly 48% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orocovis Municipio runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,292 students), of which JOSE ROJAS CORTES is one.
ALBERTO MELENDEZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 478 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.
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