RAFAEL CORDERO CATANO

RAFAEL CORDERO CATANO operates as an expansive elementary campus in CATANO, Puerto Rico, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 371 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 232.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. RAFAEL CORDERO CATANO is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, RAFAEL CORDERO CATANO logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Cataño Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, RAFAEL CORDERO CATANO has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. The state averages about 9.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Cataño Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $25,508 per year and the poverty rate sits near 39%. In all, Cataño Municipio runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,653 students), of which RAFAEL CORDERO CATANO is one.

Nearest neighbor: ONOFRE CARBALLEIRA, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 424 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.

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