📍 Calle Juan D Rivera y Santiago, Orocovis, Orocovis Municipio, 00720
Jose Rojas Cortes is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Orocovis, Orocovis Municipio. The school has 430 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. The four-year graduation rate is 92%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jose Rojas Cortes enrolls 430 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 34 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 430 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
392 of the school's 430 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 364 qualify for free lunch and 28 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.
Jose Rojas Cortes is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 6, state house district 26.
Jose Rojas Cortes 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 430 students, Jose Rojas Cortes is larger than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large