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JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA
JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA operates as a moderately sized secondary school in AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 389 students each, so JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA sits 25% bigger than that benchmark.
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA is among them.
On demographics, JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Aguadilla Municipio) records that median household income runs about $21,540 and roughly 41% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA is one of 11 public schools in Aguadilla Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,115 students).
Nearest neighbor: ANTONIO BADILLO HERNANDEZ, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 32%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 488 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for JUAN SUAREZ PELEGRINA typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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