LUCY GRILLASCA

LUCY GRILLASCA is a sizable elementary campus in PONCE, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school teaches 497 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so LUCY GRILLASCA sits 114% larger than that benchmark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. LUCY GRILLASCA is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, LUCY GRILLASCA reports that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, LUCY GRILLASCA has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ponce Municipio indicate the typical household earns roughly $19,877 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 46%. LUCY GRILLASCA is one of 41 public schools in Ponce Municipio (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students).

Nearest neighbor: JUAN CUEVAS ABOY, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUCY GRILLASCA.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LUCY GRILLASCA has climbed 115%, going from 231 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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