LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO

LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO is a small elementary school located in LAS MARIAS, Puerto Rico. Federal data show 156 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 232 students for elementary schools in Puerto Rico.

Federal data list 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 236,079 students enrolled.

The share of students at LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO who are Hispanic is 100%. Las Marías Municipio residents are about 100% Hispanic, a similar share. A diversity index of 0% means there is a 0% chance two randomly chosen students at LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO are from different groups.

LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1. The school's 10.4:1 compares with an average of 9.2:1 for elementary schools in Puerto Rico. The school has 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Las Marías Municipio average a similar 89%.

The county, Las Marías Municipio, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $16,314 a year and about 57% of people live in poverty. Las Marías Municipio has 5 public schools with about 977 students, including LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO.

Of the public schools around it, LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO is closest to EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS LAS MARIAS, about 2.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4.

NCES describes the area around LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 156, compared with 200 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.4:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).

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