MARIA TERESA SERRANO

Located at VIA 8 URB. VILLA FONTANA, in CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, MARIA TERESA SERRANO is a moderately sized elementary campus that enrolls 259 students (grades K through 5), operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. MARIA TERESA SERRANO is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MARIA TERESA SERRANO lists that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Carolina Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Carolina Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $36,958 and roughly 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MARIA TERESA SERRANO is one of 28 public schools in Carolina Municipio (combined enrollment of about 8,081 students).

The closest other public school is MANUEL FEBRES GONZALEZ, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 20%: 322 students in 2018 compared to 259 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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