LAS AMERICAS

LAS AMERICAS is a primary school of medium-sized scale in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, enrolling 204 students in grades 1 through 8.

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

On the student-mix side, LAS AMERICAS reports that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with San Juan Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, LAS AMERICAS has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Juan Municipio indicate the typical household earns roughly $27,992 per year and the poverty rate sits near 36%. Across San Juan Municipio's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), LAS AMERICAS is one campus in the mix.

CENTRO EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. LAS AMERICAS's enrollment has contracted 38% since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 204). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the LAS AMERICAS community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.