LUIS PALES MATOS

Set in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, LUIS PALES MATOS is an intimate secondary school, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It instructs 304 students across grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 389 students per school, that is 22% below typical.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), LUIS PALES MATOS accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, LUIS PALES MATOS records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Bayamón Municipio as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. The state averages about 10.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 88% of students at LUIS PALES MATOS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bayamón Municipio put median household earnings sit near $31,354 and the poverty rate sits near 31%. In all, Bayamón Municipio runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,731 students), of which LUIS PALES MATOS is one.

CARMEN GOMEZ TEJERA BAYAMON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

LUIS PALES MATOS operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 297 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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