JULIO SELLES SOLA

JULIO SELLES SOLA is a sprawling primary school in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school works with 450 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 94% larger than typical.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), JULIO SELLES SOLA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, JULIO SELLES SOLA reports that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Juan Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $27,992 and the poverty rate sits near 36%. Across San Juan Municipio's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), JULIO SELLES SOLA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UNIVERSITY GARDENS, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JULIO SELLES SOLA has ticked down 23%, going from 581 students in 2018 to 450 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

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