PADRE RUFO

PADRE RUFO is one of the small four-year high schools in SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 288 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 389 students.

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

Looking at the student body, PADRE RUFO records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). Compared to San Juan Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, PADRE RUFO logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Juan Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $27,992 per year and roughly 36% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Juan Municipio runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,154 students), of which PADRE RUFO is one.

The closest other public school is JULIAN E. BLANCO - BALLET, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

PADRE RUFO operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PADRE RUFO has contracted 10%, going from 319 students in 2018 to 288 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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