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Jose Padin is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Salinas, Salinas Municipio. The school has 154 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jose Padin enrolls 154 students across grades K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 154 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
140 of the school's 154 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 130 qualify for free lunch and 10 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 Padin is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 30.
Jose Padin 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 154 students, Jose Padin is smaller than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: Rural - Fringe