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Daniel Velez Soto is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lares, Lares Municipio. The school has 270 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Daniel Velez Soto enrolls 270 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27 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 | 270 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
246 of the school's 270 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 228 qualify for free lunch and 18 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.
Daniel Velez Soto 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 5, state house district 22.
Daniel Velez Soto 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 270 students, Daniel Velez Soto is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: Town - Fringe