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The tests are aligned with the content standards of excellence established in 2000 by the Department of Education of Puerto Rico and meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. Historically, public school students tend to perform poorly in the tests, with thirty-nine percent (39%) of public school students performing at a basic level ...
It is also the largest agency of the executive branch of Puerto Rico, with, as of 2019, an annual budget of more than $3.5 billion USD [3] and over 72,000 staff—including more than 41,000 teachers, [4] [5] and as of 2020 the department is the third-largest school district in the United States by enrollment, with over 276,413 students and 857 ...
Education is compulsory in Puerto Rico between the ages of six and seventeen years. 3L.P.R.A. §391 (a). Attendance in public elementary and secondary schools is compulsory for students except for those students attending "schools established under non-governmental auspices." - Puerto Rico Constitution, Article II §5; 18 L.P.R.A. §2.
C.R.O.E.M. (Centro Residencial de Oportunidades Educativas de Mayagüez) School; Colegio de La Milagrosa; Colegio Presbiteriano Pablo Casasus; Colegio San Benito; Dr. Pedro Perea Fajardo School; Eugenio María De Hostos School; José De Diego Superior School; PRACI Oeste (Puerto Rico Advancement College) S.E.S.O. (Southwestern Educational Society)
The first were the education commissioners established in 1899 after Puerto Rico was succeeded to the United States from Spain. The second were the secretaries of public instruction after the predecessor of the Department of Education —the Department of Public Instruction— was formally established by law.
Central High School, also known as La Central or La Central High, is a school located in Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 1925-built building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000. [1] [2]
The Biblioteca Carnegie (or Carnegie Library) on Avenida Juan Ponce de León in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico [2] is a NRHP-listed Carnegie library funded through a $100,000 donation from the Carnegie Foundation, [3] becoming Puerto Rico's first purpose-built library [4] when it was completed in 1915. [5]
The José Celso Barbosa Graded School (Spanish: Escuela Graduada José Celso Barbosa) is a historic school building located in the Puerta de Tierra historic district in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The school is named after Puerto Rico statehood movement founder Dr. José Celso Barbosa and has been listed in the National Register of ...