📍 Carr.111km.17hm 5 Bo. Bahonamey, San Sebastian, San Sebastián Municipio, 00685
Ernestina Mendez is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in San Sebastian, San Sebastián Municipio. The school has 383 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Puerto Rico Department Of Education school district. It serves grades 6–11 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Ernestina Mendez enrolls 383 students across grades 6–11. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 37 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 383 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
349 of the school's 383 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 324 qualify for free lunch and 25 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.
Ernestina Mendez is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 4, state house district 16.
Ernestina Mendez 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 383 students, Ernestina Mendez is larger than the district average of about 275 students per school.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize