JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO

JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO, a compact senior high in HUMACAO, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, hosts 299 students, covering grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 389 students each, so JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Humacao Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO higher than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, census data for Humacao Municipio shows median household income runs about $27,038 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 32%. JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO is one of 17 public schools in Humacao Municipio (combined enrollment of about 4,440 students).

The closest other public school is AVELINO PENA REYES, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. JUAN PONCE DE LEON HUMACAO's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 361 (now 299). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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