PEDRO MELENDEZ SANTIAGO

PEDRO MELENDEZ SANTIAGO operates as a medium-sized primary school in SANTA ISABEL, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 326 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 232.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), PEDRO MELENDEZ SANTIAGO accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, PEDRO MELENDEZ SANTIAGO records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Santa Isabel Municipio as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Santa Isabel Municipio) logs that median household income runs about $25,795 and roughly 40% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PEDRO MELENDEZ SANTIAGO is one of 5 public schools in Santa Isabel Municipio (combined enrollment of about 1,282 students).

The closest other public school is MANUEL MARTIN MONSERRATE, roughly 2.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 326 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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