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Santiago Torres is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Las Piedras, Las Piedras Municipio. The school has 217 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Santiago Torres enrolls 217 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 216 | 100% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
197 of the school's 217 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 183 qualify for free lunch and 14 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.
Santiago Torres 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 7, state house district 33.
Santiago Torres 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 217 students, Santiago Torres is smaller than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Large