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Cristobal Colon is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bayamon, Bayamón Municipio. The school has 273 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 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cristobal Colon enrolls 273 students across grades K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 273 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
248 of the school's 273 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 231 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.
Cristobal Colon 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 2, state house district 8.
Cristobal Colon 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 273 students, Cristobal Colon is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Midsize