RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS

RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS is an intimate elementary school in VILLALBA, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. The school instructs 116 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 50% smaller than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS is one campus in the system.

Demographically, RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS records that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Villalba Municipio) logs that median household earnings sit near $26,286 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 35%. RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS is one of 9 public schools in Villalba Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,828 students).

ISABEL ALVARADO ALVARADO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

RAMON LOPEZ BERRIOS operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 25%: 93 students in 2018 compared to 116 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.