JUAN ALEJO ARIZMENDI

Set in QUEBRADILLAS, Puerto Rico, JUAN ALEJO ARIZMENDI is a modestly sized senior high, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It enrolls 267 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 389.

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

On demographics, JUAN ALEJO ARIZMENDI logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Quebradillas Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, JUAN ALEJO ARIZMENDI lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting JUAN ALEJO ARIZMENDI tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, census data for Quebradillas Municipio shows median household income runs about $24,640 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 41%. In all, Quebradillas Municipio runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,823 students), of which JUAN ALEJO ARIZMENDI is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUPERIOR MANUEL RAMOS HERNANDEZ, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 267 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 6.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.