MANUELA TORO MORICE

MANUELA TORO MORICE is a four-year high school of medium-sized scale in CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, caters to 354 students in grades 9 through 12.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. MANUELA TORO MORICE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANUELA TORO MORICE shows that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Caguas Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MANUELA TORO MORICE has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages about 10.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. 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.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Caguas Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $31,379 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 34%. In all, Caguas Municipio runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,277 students), of which MANUELA TORO MORICE is one.

The closest other public school is BENITA GONZALEZ QUINONES, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANUELA TORO MORICE has edged down 63%, going from 951 students in 2018 to 354 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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