JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA

JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA, a heavily attended secondary school in PENUELAS, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, enrolls 613 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 58% above the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 389 students.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA is among them.

On demographics, JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Peñuelas Municipio) shows that median household earnings sit near $22,697 and the poverty rate sits near 49%. JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA is one of 7 public schools in Peñuelas Municipio (combined enrollment of about 1,784 students).

Nearest neighbor: RAFAEL IRIZARRY RIVERA, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA has contracted 12%, going from 700 students in 2018 to 613 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.