SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO

Located at CARR 105 KM 25, in MARICAO, Puerto Rico, SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO is an one-room-style senior high that serves 149 students (grades 9 through 12), run under PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Compared to the state average of about 389 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO 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, SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.2:1, putting SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

In the surrounding community, Maricao Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $21,302 per year and census figures put the poverty rate at about 50%. SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO is one of 5 public schools in Maricao Municipio (combined enrollment of about 541 students).

Nearest neighbor: LA CARMEN, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SUPERIOR NUEVA DE MARICAO has contracted 30%, going from 212 students in 2018 to 149 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.