📍 Urb. Jose Mercado Calle Woodrow Wilson, Caguas, Caguas Municipio, 00725
Jose Mercado (especializada) is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Caguas, Caguas Municipio. The school has 190 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jose Mercado (especializada) enrolls 190 students across grades K–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 190 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
173 of the school's 190 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 160 qualify for free lunch and 13 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.
Jose Mercado (especializada) is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 7, state house district 32.
Jose Mercado (especializada) 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 190 students, Jose Mercado (especializada) is smaller than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Small
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