JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET

JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET is a tiny 9-12 campus in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school instructs 85 students in grades 5 through 12. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 389 students.

JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that hosts 236,079 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 4.5:1. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Juan Municipio) shows that median household income runs about $27,992 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 36%. In all, San Juan Municipio runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), of which JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET is one.

Nearest neighbor: PADRE RUFO, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET's enrollment has shrank 23% since 2018, when it stood at 110 (now 85). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 6.5:1 in 2018 to 4.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.