JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE

JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in PONCE, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 165 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE sits 29% below that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE is among them.

On demographics, JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. Compared to Ponce Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Ponce Municipio) shows that the typical household earns roughly $19,877 per year and the poverty rate sits near 46%. Across Ponce Municipio's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students), JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE is one campus in the mix.

EUGENIO LE COMPTE BENITEZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JULIO ALVARADO TRICOCHE has ticked down 49%, going from 326 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.