LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ

LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ is a moderately sized multi-level school in HATILLO, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school works with 326 students in grades K through 9.

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

In terms of who attends, LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). That composition is broadly in line with Hatillo Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, census data for Hatillo Municipio shows the typical household earns roughly $28,146 per year and the poverty rate sits near 34%. In all, Hatillo Municipio runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,625 students), of which LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ is one.

ANIBAL REYES BELEN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LUIS MELENDEZ RODRIGUEZ has contracted 21%, going from 413 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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