MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO

MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO is an all-grades campus of substantial scale in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, hosting 525 students in grades K through 10. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 286 students each, so MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO sits 84% larger than that benchmark.

MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that works with 236,079 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO logs that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.5:1, putting MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO higher than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, Bayamón Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $31,354 per year and roughly 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bayamón Municipio runs 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,731 students), of which MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARIA VAZQUEZ DE UMPIERRE, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARTA VELEZ DE FAJARDO has fell 21%, going from 663 students in 2018 to 525 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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