RAMON PEREZ PURCELL

Located at CARR 132 KM 7 HM 7 BO SANTO DOMINGO, in PENUELAS, Puerto Rico, RAMON PEREZ PURCELL is an average-sized multi-level school that instructs 264 students (grades K through 9), run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

RAMON PEREZ PURCELL is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that teaches 236,079 students overall.

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

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.5:1 average. Roughly 89% of students at RAMON PEREZ PURCELL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Peñuelas Municipio) shows that median household income runs about $22,697 and the poverty rate sits near 49%. In all, Peñuelas Municipio runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,784 students), of which RAMON PEREZ PURCELL is one.

The closest other public school is JOSEFA VELEZ BAUZA, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAMON PEREZ PURCELL has edged up 4%, going from 255 students in 2018 to 264 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 in 2025.

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