JUAN CUEVAS ABOY

Set in PONCE, Puerto Rico, JUAN CUEVAS ABOY is a heavily attended elementary campus, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It caters to 371 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so JUAN CUEVAS ABOY sits 60% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, JUAN CUEVAS ABOY reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, JUAN CUEVAS ABOY has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at JUAN CUEVAS ABOY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, Ponce Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $19,877 and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JUAN CUEVAS ABOY is one of 41 public schools in Ponce Municipio (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students).

BERNARDINO CORDERO BERNARD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. JUAN CUEVAS ABOY's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 371). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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