RAFAEL COLON SALGADO

RAFAEL COLON SALGADO is a large elementary school with its address in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico. Students in kindergarten through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 413 students. The average among elementary schools in Puerto Rico is roughly 232 students; this school is 78% bigger than that.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (856 schools, 236,079 students) runs RAFAEL COLON SALGADO.

The large majority of students at RAFAEL COLON SALGADO, 100%, are Hispanic. County-wide, about 99% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, RAFAEL COLON SALGADO comes in at 0%.

Federal data list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers at RAFAEL COLON SALGADO in 2024-25, for a ratio of 8.6:1. Elementary schools in Puerto Rico average about 9.2:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 88% of students at RAFAEL COLON SALGADO as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Bayamón Municipio, the average is about the same, 88%.

In Bayamón Municipio (population about 182,469), median household income is about $31,354 and the share of residents below the poverty line is 31%. RAFAEL COLON SALGADO is one of 43 public schools in Bayamón Municipio, which together enroll about 12,731 students.

MIGUEL MELENDEZ MUNOZ BAYAMON is the closest public school, about 0.6 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.

Locale data from NCES put RAFAEL COLON SALGADO inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).

Federal counts put enrollment at 535 in 2020-21 and 413 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.4:1 to 8.6:1.

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