📍 Calle Union Final, Salinas, Salinas Municipio, 00751
Stella Marquez is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Salinas, Salinas Municipio. The school has 571 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 6–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The four-year graduation rate is 82%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Stella Marquez enrolls 571 students across grades 6–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 570 | 100% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
520 of the school's 571 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 483 qualify for free lunch and 37 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.
Stella Marquez 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 30.
Stella Marquez 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 571 students, Stella Marquez 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