LUZ ENEIDA COLON

Set in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, LUZ ENEIDA COLON is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It teaches 290 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 25% above typical.

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

On the student-mix side, LUZ ENEIDA COLON lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Juan Municipio shows median household income runs about $27,992 and the poverty rate sits near 36%. In all, San Juan Municipio runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), of which LUZ ENEIDA COLON is one.

EL SENORIAL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. LUZ ENEIDA COLON's enrollment has shrank 4% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 290). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.