LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ

LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ serves students in HATILLO, Puerto Rico, as a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels. Total enrollment is 326 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 9.

The PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION system has 856 schools and 236,079 students.

Hispanic students account for 99% of the school's enrollment. Among Hatillo Municipio residents, the Hispanic share is about 100%. A diversity index of 1% means there is a 1% chance two randomly chosen students at LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ are from different groups.

LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 8.5:1 average for combined schools in Puerto Rico. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ. That is in line with the 88% average for public schools in Hatillo Municipio.

In the surrounding county, Hatillo Municipio, the median household earns about $28,146 a year and about 34% of people live in poverty. Counting LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ, Hatillo Municipio has 8 public schools.

Of the public schools around it, LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ is closest to ANIBAL REYES BELEN, about 0.3 miles away. LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Mid-size).

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 326, from 517 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.3 to 8.4 over 4 years.

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