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REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA
As a roomy 9-12 campus in CAGUAS, Puerto Rico, REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA works with 733 students from grades 9 through 12, run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Enrollment runs roughly 88% above the state mean of about 389.
Within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, which oversees 856 schools and 236,079 students, REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA is one campus in the system.
On demographics, REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA higher than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Caguas Municipio put the typical household earns roughly $31,379 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 34%. In all, Caguas Municipio runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,277 students), of which REPUBLICA DE COSTA RICA is one.
Nearest neighbor: NICOLAS AGUAYO ALDEA, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 763 students in 2018 compared to 733 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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