PASTO

PASTO operates as a middle-of-the-pack all-grades campus in AIBONITO, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 377 students spanning grades pre-K through 9. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 286 students each, so PASTO sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

PASTO 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, PASTO shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). Compared to Aibonito Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PASTO has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.5:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Aibonito Municipio (around 85%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Aibonito Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $21,744 and roughly 41% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PASTO is one of 9 public schools in Aibonito Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,633 students).

The closest other public school is RABANAL, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. PASTO's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 370 (now 377). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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