📍 CALLE McARTHUR, Guayama, Guayama Municipio, 00785
Simon Madera is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Guayama, Guayama Municipio. The school has 287 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Simon Madera enrolls 287 students across grades K–8. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 287 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 287 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 243 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.
Simon Madera is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 30.
Simon Madera 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 287 students, Simon Madera is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Small