📍 Carr 128 Km 1 Hm 8 Int 368, Yauco, Yauco Municipio, 00698
Jose Onofre Torres is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Yauco, Yauco Municipio. The school has 275 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 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Jose Onofre Torres enrolls 275 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 275 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
250 of the school's 275 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 232 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.
Jose Onofre Torres is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 5, state house district 23.
Jose Onofre 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 275 students, Jose Onofre Torres is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Small