LYDIA MELENDEZ

LYDIA MELENDEZ operates as a close-knit primary school in AGUADA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 161 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so LYDIA MELENDEZ sits 31% smaller than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, LYDIA MELENDEZ records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Aguada Municipio put median household income runs about $21,501 and the poverty rate sits near 43%. In all, Aguada Municipio runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,955 students), of which LYDIA MELENDEZ is one.

Nearest neighbor: PROFESORA JUANA ROSARIO CARRERO, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LYDIA MELENDEZ has decreased 36%, going from 253 students in 2018 to 161 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 today.

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