RALPH W. EMERSON

Set in CAMUY, Puerto Rico, RALPH W. EMERSON is a large elementary school, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. It instructs 370 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 59% above the state mean of about 232.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, RALPH W. EMERSON is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RALPH W. EMERSON shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). That composition is broadly in line with Camuy Municipio as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, Camuy Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $27,411 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 35%. RALPH W. EMERSON is one of 9 public schools in Camuy Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,883 students).

PEDRO AMADOR is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RALPH W. EMERSON.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. RALPH W. EMERSON's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 389 (now 370). Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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