RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA

RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA operates as a well-populated middle-grades school in LARES, Puerto Rico, overseen by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 405 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 242 students per school, that is 67% bigger than typical.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. The state averages around 9.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Lares Municipio indicate median household earnings sit near $18,917 and roughly 54% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lares Municipio's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,739 students), RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA is one campus in the mix.

DOMINGO APONTE COLLAZO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. RAMON DE JESUS SIERRA's enrollment has decreased 29% since 2018, when it stood at 571 (now 405). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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