LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO

LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO is one of the cozy elementary schools in LAS MARIAS, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 156 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO is among them.

Demographically, LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO lists that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Las Marías Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO higher than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Las Marías Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $16,314 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 57%. In all, Las Marías Municipio runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 977 students), of which LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO is one.

EUGENIO MARIA DE HOSTOS LAS MARIAS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around LAURO GONZALEZ HIJO.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 200 students in 2018 compared to 156 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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