LUIS M. SANTIAGO

LUIS M. SANTIAGO operates as a tight-knit elementary school in TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 171 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so LUIS M. SANTIAGO sits 26% smaller than that benchmark.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, LUIS M. SANTIAGO is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LUIS M. SANTIAGO logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Toa Baja Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, LUIS M. SANTIAGO reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.7:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at LUIS M. SANTIAGO qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Toa Baja Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $32,017 and the poverty rate sits near 30%. LUIS M. SANTIAGO is one of 15 public schools in Toa Baja Municipio (combined enrollment of about 4,084 students).

Nearest neighbor: ADOLFINA IRIZARRY DE PUIG, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUIS M. SANTIAGO.

LUIS M. SANTIAGO operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. LUIS M. SANTIAGO's enrollment has shrank 58% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 171). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 5.7:1 today.

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