RAMON OLIVARES

RAMON OLIVARES is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in LAJAS, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, educateing 148 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 232 students.

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

Demographically, RAMON OLIVARES lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That composition is broadly in line with Lajas Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lajas Municipio) logs that the typical household earns roughly $19,695 per year and the poverty rate sits near 51%. Across Lajas Municipio's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,908 students), RAMON OLIVARES is one campus in the mix.

JUAN CANCIO ORTIZ DE LA RENTA is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAMON OLIVARES has edged down 15%, going from 175 students in 2018 to 148 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 7.4:1 today.

On this page, members of the RAMON OLIVARES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.