SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ

Located at URB LAS DELICIAS 100 CALLE FLORENSITA FERRER, in PONCE, Puerto Rico, SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ is a rural-scale senior high that enrolls 146 students (grades 9 through 12), run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. By comparison, Puerto Rico's public schools average about 389 students each, so SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ sits 62% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 856 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (236,079 students total), SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ records that nearly all students (99%) are Hispanic. Compared to Ponce Municipio overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 10.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 86% of students at SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, Ponce Municipio reports that median household earnings sit near $19,877 and roughly 46% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ is one of 41 public schools in Ponce Municipio (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students).

AUREA E. RIVERA COLLAZO is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUPERIOR BETHZAIDA VELAZQUEZ has fell 58%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 146 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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