📍 Calle 23 Urb Santa Teresita, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, 00731
Santa Teresita is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ponce, Ponce Municipio. The school has 253 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Santa Teresita enrolls 253 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 250 | 99% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
230 of the school's 253 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 214 qualify for free lunch and 16 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.
Santa Teresita is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 24.
Santa Teresita 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 253 students, Santa Teresita is close to the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: City - Midsize