MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA

MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA is one of the moderately sized primary schools in CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 239 students on its rolls from grades K through 8.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA is among them.

In terms of who attends, MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Cabo Rojo Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 9.2:1, putting MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Cabo Rojo Municipio put median household income runs about $26,408 and the poverty rate sits near 34%. In all, Cabo Rojo Municipio runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,593 students), of which MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA is one.

SEVERO E. COLBERG RAMIREZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MILDRED ARROYO CARDOZA.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 36%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 239 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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