MANUEL VELILLA

MANUEL VELILLA is an elementary campus of average-sized scale in TOA ALTA, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, instructing 302 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so MANUEL VELILLA sits 30% above that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, MANUEL VELILLA shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). Compared to Toa Alta Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, MANUEL VELILLA has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.4:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Toa Alta Municipio put median household earnings sit near $35,241 and roughly 30% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Toa Alta Municipio's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,530 students), MANUEL VELILLA is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ABELARDO DIAZ ALFARO, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. MANUEL VELILLA's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 329 (now 302). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.