WASHINGTON I

WASHINGTON I, an average-sized K-5 school in GUAYAMA, Puerto Rico, operated by PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, enrolls 232 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION runs 856 schools in total, collectively educating 236,079 students. WASHINGTON I is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WASHINGTON I lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Guayama Municipio as a whole.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 9.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 87% of students at WASHINGTON I qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the broader community, census data for Guayama Municipio shows median household earnings sit near $20,402 and census figures put the poverty rate at about 47%. In all, Guayama Municipio runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,290 students), of which WASHINGTON I is one.

The closest other public school is SIMON MADERA, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. WASHINGTON I's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 286 (now 232).

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WASHINGTON I community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.