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Herminia Garcia is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ponce, Ponce Municipio. The school has 472 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 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Herminia Garcia enrolls 472 students across grades K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 468 | 99% |
| White | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
430 of the school's 472 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 399 qualify for free lunch and 31 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.
Herminia Garcia 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.
Herminia Garcia 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 472 students, Herminia Garcia is larger than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Midsize