RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA

Set in VEGA BAJA, Puerto Rico, RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It teaches 271 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA is one campus in the system.

Demographically, RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA lists that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% White. That composition is broadly in line with Vega Baja Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA records 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Vega Baja Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $24,244 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 38%. In all, Vega Baja Municipio runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,743 students), of which RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA is one.

CHRISTIAN MILITARY ACADEMY ALIANZA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. RAFAEL HERNANDEZ VEGA BAJA's enrollment has ticked down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 271).

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