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SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE
SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE operates as an average-sized secondary school in PONCE, Puerto Rico, one of the schools within PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 509 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Puerto Rico, which averages around 389 students.
PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION comprises 856 schools with combined enrollment of 236,079 students; SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE is among them.
Demographically, SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (99%). That composition is broadly in line with Ponce Municipio as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.2:1 average. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ponce Municipio put median household income runs about $19,877 and the poverty rate sits near 46%. In all, Ponce Municipio runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,054 students), of which SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE is one.
JARDINES DE PONCE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.
Five-year trend. SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 509). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the SUPERIOR JARDINES DE PONCE community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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