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Juan Ponce de Leon is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in San Juan, San Juan Municipio. The school has 271 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. The four-year graduation rate is 57%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Juan Ponce de Leon enrolls 271 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 270 | 100% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
247 of the school's 271 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 229 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.
Juan Ponce de Leon is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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 1, state house district 2.
Juan Ponce de 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 271 students, Juan Ponce de Leon is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large