RAFAEL COLON SALGADO

RAFAEL COLON SALGADO, a high-enrollment primary school in BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, enrolls 413 students, covering grades K through 8. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 232 students each, so RAFAEL COLON SALGADO sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

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

Demographically, RAFAEL COLON SALGADO reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Bayamón Municipio as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Bayamón Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $31,354 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 31%. RAFAEL COLON SALGADO is one of 43 public schools in Bayamón Municipio (combined enrollment of about 12,731 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIGUEL MELENDEZ MUNOZ BAYAMON, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

RAFAEL COLON SALGADO operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. RAFAEL COLON SALGADO's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 413). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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