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Josefina Boya Leon is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ponce, Ponce Municipio. The school has 257 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Josefina Boya Leon enrolls 257 students across grades K–5. 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 13.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 257 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
234 of the school's 257 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 217 qualify for free lunch and 17 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.
Josefina Boya Leon is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 25.
Josefina Boya Leon 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 257 students, Josefina Boya Leon is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Midsize