MANUEL ORTIZ

MANUEL ORTIZ is an average-sized primary school in YABUCOA, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school works with 201 students in grades K through 8.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; MANUEL ORTIZ is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANUEL ORTIZ reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (95%). Other groups include 5% White.

Looking at school resources, MANUEL ORTIZ records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Yabucoa Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $22,944 and the poverty rate sits near 43%. In all, Yabucoa Municipio runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,904 students), of which MANUEL ORTIZ is one.

Nearest neighbor: JESUS T. SANABRIA CRUZ, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. MANUEL ORTIZ's enrollment has climbed 57% since 2018, when it stood at 128 (now 201). Hispanic enrollment moved from 100% to 95% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.