MATRULLAS

Set in OROCOVIS, Puerto Rico, MATRULLAS is a modestly sized K-5 school, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It educates 115 students across grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 232.

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

Demographically, MATRULLAS logs that nearly all students (98%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Orocovis Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, MATRULLAS has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.5:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 92% 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 area at large, census data for Orocovis Municipio shows the typical household earns roughly $20,302 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 48%. Across Orocovis Municipio's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,292 students), MATRULLAS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS, around 3.3 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MATRULLAS has fell 20%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 115 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.