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Lucy Grillasca is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ponce, Ponce Municipio. The school has 294 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Lucy Grillasca enrolls 294 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and 1.4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 290 | 99% |
| White | 4 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
268 of the school's 294 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 249 qualify for free lunch and 19 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.
Lucy Grillasca 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 24.
Lucy Grillasca 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 294 students, Lucy Grillasca is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Midsize