JUAN E. MIRANDA

JUAN E. MIRANDA is a 6-8 campus of tight-knit scale in GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, educateing 144 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 242 students each, so JUAN E. MIRANDA sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

JUAN E. MIRANDA is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that caters to 236,079 students overall.

Demographically, JUAN E. MIRANDA lists that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 8% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 98% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, JUAN E. MIRANDA has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.0:1. The state averages around 9.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Guaynabo Municipio) logs that median household earnings sit near $46,731 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Guaynabo Municipio's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,491 students), JUAN E. MIRANDA is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RAMON MARIN SOLA, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. JUAN E. MIRANDA's enrollment has ticked down 69% since 2018, when it stood at 461 (now 144). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 100% to 89%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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