LUIS PALES MATOS

LUIS PALES MATOS is a small high school in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico. The school covers grades 6 through 12 and reported 304 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Puerto Rico enroll around 389, and this school is 22% below that mark.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION enrolls 236,079 students in 856 schools, including LUIS PALES MATOS.

By race and ethnicity, LUIS PALES MATOS is 99% Hispanic. In Bayamón Municipio overall, the Hispanic share is about 99%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 1, compared with 70 nationally.

Teacher count: 29 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.5:1. It is about the same as the 10.2:1 average for high schools in Puerto Rico. Roughly 88% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Bayamón Municipio average a similar 88%.

Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bayamón Municipio show that the median household earns about $31,354 a year and about 31% of people live in poverty. Bayamón Municipio has 43 public schools with about 12,731 students, including LUIS PALES MATOS.

LUIS PALES MATOS is less than a tenth of a mile from CARMEN GOMEZ TEJERA BAYAMON, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.

Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 304, compared with 405 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.6:1 to 10.5:1.

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