TOMAS VERA AYALA

TOMAS VERA AYALA operates as a cozy elementary school in MOCA, Puerto Rico, part of PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. Current enrollment sits at 139 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 232 students per school, that is 40% leaner than typical.

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

On demographics, TOMAS VERA AYALA logs that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 9.2:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at TOMAS VERA AYALA qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Moca Municipio (around 86%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, Moca Municipio reports that the typical household earns roughly $23,586 per year and roughly 44% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TOMAS VERA AYALA is one of 8 public schools in Moca Municipio (combined enrollment of about 2,318 students).

Nearest neighbor: CERRO GORDO MEDINA, around 2.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

TOMAS VERA AYALA operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 166 students in 2018 compared to 139 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for TOMAS VERA AYALA typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.