Puerto Rico Department of Education

Puerto Rico Department of Education
Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico
Agency overview
FormedApril 12, 1900; 124 years ago (1900-04-12)
Preceding agency
  • Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico
TypeExecutive department
JurisdictionCommonwealth of Puerto Rico
HeadquartersSan Juan, PR
Employees75,000
Annual budget$3.5 billion USD
Agency executive
Key documents
Websitewww.de.pr.gov
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The Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDOE; Spanish: Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico) is one of five jurisdiction-wide public education systems in the United States, with Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa being the others. The PRDOE is the state education agency in charge of managing public schools in Puerto Rico as well as the island's education system and curricula.[1] The department, headquartered in Hato Rey, San Juan,[2] is the result of a United States state department of education. 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 schools.[6][7][8]

The department was formerly known as the Department of Public Instruction of Puerto Rico. Under local law, all public schools are required to be licensed by the Puerto Rico Education Council.

  1. ^ "Data for the Biennial Report to Congress on Violence and Drug Use in Elementary and Secondary Schools in Puerto Rico Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine." Puerto Rico Department of Education
  2. ^ Home page. Department of Education of Puerto Rico. Retrieved on May 6, 2017. "Dirección Física: Ave. Tnte. César González, esq. Calle Juan Calaf, Urb. Industrial Tres Monjitas, Hato Rey, P.R. 00917"
  3. ^ "Agencia: Departamento de Educación - Documento: Tomo II (Aprobado) - Año: 2020". presupuesto.pr.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  4. ^ ¿Cómo negociar con el Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico? (in Spanish), Department of Education of Puerto Rico, archived from the original on 2014-05-28, retrieved August 5, 2013, El Departamento de Educación es la agencia más grande de toda la Rama Ejecutiva del Gobierno del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Esta agencia cuenta con alrededor de setenta y dos mil (72,000) empleados, distribuidos en 1,538 escuelas, ochenta y cuatro (84) distritos escolares, diez (10) regiones educativas y una oficina central,
  5. ^ Presupuesto Aprobado 2012–2013 Departamento de Educación (in Spanish), Office of Management and Budget of Puerto Rico, retrieved August 5, 2013
  6. ^ Sable, Jennifer; Plotts, Chris; Mitchell, Lindsey; Chen, Chen-Su (November 2010), Characteristics of the 100 Largest Public Elementary and Secondary School Districts in the United States: 2008–09 (PDF), Institute of Education Sciences, retrieved August 5, 2013
  7. ^ Miller, Gary; Lugo, Ariel (June 2009), Guide to the Ecological Systems of Puerto Rico. (PDF), International Institute of Tropical Forestry, retrieved August 4, 2013, ... making it the third largest school district in the United States.
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