MARTA LAFONTAINE

MARTA LAFONTAINE is a very small elementary-level community in UTUADO, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school hosts 57 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 75% leaner than the state mean of about 232.

MARTA LAFONTAINE is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that enrolls 236,079 students overall.

On demographics, MARTA LAFONTAINE logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Utuado Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, MARTA LAFONTAINE shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Utuado Municipio runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Utuado Municipio put median household earnings sit near $20,800 and the poverty rate sits near 46%. Across Utuado Municipio's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,495 students), MARTA LAFONTAINE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is JUDITH A. VIVAS, roughly 3.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

MARTA LAFONTAINE operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. MARTA LAFONTAINE's enrollment has contracted 52% since 2018, when it stood at 119 (now 57). Class-load math has fell: from 7.4:1 in 2018 to 4.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.