📍 Calle Celis Aguilera, Santa Isabel, Santa Isabel Municipio, 00757
Elvira M. Colon is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Santa Isabel, Santa Isabel Municipio. The school has 298 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. The four-year graduation rate is 77%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Elvira M. Colon enrolls 298 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 298 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 298 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 252 qualify for free lunch and 19 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Elvira M. Colon is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district PR At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 6, state house district 27.
Elvira M. Colon is one of 858 schools in PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, based in HATO REY, Puerto Rico. The district serves 235,819 students district-wide and employs 24,096 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 298 students, Elvira M. Colon is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe