📍 Calle 19 Ext. Jardines de Coamo, Coamo, Coamo Municipio, 00769
Jose Felipe Zayas is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Coamo, Coamo Municipio. The school has 695 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. The four-year graduation rate is 87%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jose Felipe Zayas enrolls 695 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 52 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 695 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
633 of the school's 695 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 588 qualify for free lunch and 45 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 Felipe Zayas is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 27.
Jose Felipe Zayas 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 695 students, Jose Felipe Zayas is larger than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe