📍 Carr 103 Km 7 Hm 1 Bo Pedernales Carr. 103 Km 7, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, 00623
James Garfield is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo 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 suburban setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
James Garfield enrolls 270 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 269 | 100% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
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.
James Garfield is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 4, state house district 20.
James Garfield 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, James Garfield is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Small