JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA

As a reasonably sized all-grades campus in LAJAS, Puerto Rico, JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA enrolls 343 students from grades K through 9, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that instructs 236,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Lajas Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. The state averages around 8.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, census data for Lajas Municipio shows the typical household earns roughly $19,695 per year and the poverty rate sits near 51%. JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA is one of 7 public schools in Lajas Municipio (combined enrollment of about 1,908 students).

Nearest neighbor: LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA LAJAS, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 448 (now 343). Class-load math has tightened: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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