LUZ AMERICA CALDERON

LUZ AMERICA CALDERON, a moderately sized four-year high school in CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, serves 451 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

LUZ AMERICA CALDERON is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that teaches 236,079 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LUZ AMERICA CALDERON logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, LUZ AMERICA CALDERON reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Carolina Municipio) shows that median household earnings sit near $36,958 and roughly 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Carolina Municipio runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,081 students), of which LUZ AMERICA CALDERON is one.

DR. MODESTO RIVERA RIVERA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LUZ AMERICA CALDERON has ticked down 23%, going from 583 students in 2018 to 451 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.