RENE MARQUES

RENE MARQUES is a 6-8 campus of close-knit scale in CAROLINA, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, works with 147 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 39% smaller than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 242 students.

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

In terms of who attends, RENE MARQUES reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, RENE MARQUES has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 90% of students at RENE MARQUES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Carolina Municipio put median household income runs about $36,958 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. In all, Carolina Municipio runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,081 students), of which RENE MARQUES is one.

The closest other public school is EDUARDO J. SALDANA, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RENE MARQUES.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RENE MARQUES has decreased 71%, going from 505 students in 2018 to 147 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the RENE MARQUES community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.