PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ

PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ is one of the modestly sized 9-12 campuss in LARES, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, with 179 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 389.

PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that works with 236,079 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Lares Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 82% 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 Lares Municipio put median household earnings sit near $18,917 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 54%. In all, Lares Municipio runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,739 students), of which PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ is one.

The closest other public school is ANGELICA DELGADO, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. PROFESOR RAFAEL ALICEA VAZQUEZ's enrollment has contracted 54% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 179). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 in 2025.

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