RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS

RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS operates as a high-enrollment 9-12 campus in CIDRA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 621 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 389 students.

RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS is one of 856 schools operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, a district that hosts 236,079 students overall.

Looking at the student body, RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Cidra Municipio as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cidra Municipio) records that median household earnings sit near $29,246 and roughly 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS is one of 11 public schools in Cidra Municipio (combined enrollment of about 3,647 students).

Nearest neighbor: ANA J. CANDELAS, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. RUTH EVELYN CRUZ SANTOS's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 750 (now 621). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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