SANTA TERESITA

SANTA TERESITA operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in PONCE, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 239 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; SANTA TERESITA is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SANTA TERESITA reports that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Compared to Ponce Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, census data for Ponce Municipio shows median household earnings sit near $19,877 and the poverty rate sits near 46%. Across Ponce Municipio's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students), SANTA TERESITA is one campus in the mix.

MANUEL GONZALEZ PATO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANTA TERESITA has declined 9%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 239 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.