PEDRO NELSON COLBERG

As a tight-knit secondary school in CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico, PEDRO NELSON COLBERG caters to 237 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Compared to the state average of about 389 students per school, that is 39% smaller than typical.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; PEDRO NELSON COLBERG is among them.

Looking at the student body, PEDRO NELSON COLBERG logs that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cabo Rojo Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting PEDRO NELSON COLBERG tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cabo Rojo Municipio indicate median household income runs about $26,408 and roughly 34% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PEDRO NELSON COLBERG is one of 11 public schools in Cabo Rojo Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,593 students).

Nearest neighbor: SEVERO E. COLBERG RAMIREZ, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PEDRO NELSON COLBERG.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 29%: 332 students in 2018 compared to 237 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 today.

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