MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO

MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO is a small middle school with its address in PONCE, Puerto Rico. The school's 168 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 31% lower than the average for middle schools in Puerto Rico, which is about 242.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION operates 856 schools. Combined enrollment is 236,079 students.

Hispanic students make up 97% of enrollment at MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO. Other students are 3% White. For comparison, Ponce Municipio is about 99% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

A ratio of 10.5:1 comes from the school's 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, middle schools in Puerto Rico average 9.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 90% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Ponce Municipio average 88%.

Census estimates describe Ponce Municipio this way: the median household income is $19,877 and the poverty rate is about 46%. In all, Ponce Municipio has 41 public schools and roughly 10,054 students.

The shortest distance from MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to SANTA TERESITA. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Enrollment is down 40% from 2020-21, when MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO had 281 students, to 2024-25, when it had 168. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.5:1, from 15.6:1.

Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.