MARIANO RIERA PALMER

MARIANO RIERA PALMER operates as a tight-knit elementary-level community in MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 191 students spanning grades K through 5.

MARIANO RIERA PALMER is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that caters to 236,079 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARIANO RIERA PALMER records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Mayagüez Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at MARIANO RIERA PALMER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mayagüez Municipio) shows that median household income runs about $18,295 and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mayagüez Municipio's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,204 students), MARIANO RIERA PALMER is one campus in the mix.

DR PEDRO PEREA FAJARDO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 26%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 191 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.