How long do kids stay in school in Puerto Rico?

Answer 1

The school year for Puerto Rico public schools starts the second week of August (Usually Thursday) and ends the first week in June (usually Wednesday).

School is Monday -Friday most weeks with 6-7 hour school days.

The school holidays are:

Labor Day (First Monday in Sept)

Columbus Day (Oct 12 or second Monday in Oct)

Armistice/Veterans' Day (November 11)

Thanksgiving (Fourth Thursday and Friday in November)

Christmas Break (Last two weeks in December and first week of January. School usually does not reconvene until after "three kings day"/The Epiphany June 6)

Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)

President's Day (Third Monday in February)

Spring Break (One week... usually coincides with Holy Week/Easter in late March to mid April)

Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)

Accurate dropout rates in Puerto Rico are difficult to obtain since the administration doctors the way the numbers are gathered and counted, but the closest numbers derived show that about:

18% of Puerto Rican children drop out of school before 9th grade (compared to 9% in the rest of the United States)

12% drop out sometime between 9th and 12th grade (as opposed to 13% in the rest of the US)

48% of puerto Rican children graduate High School (as opposed to 63% in the rest of the US)

Many of the late high school drop-outs go on to get some sort of GED (High School Equivalency for a total of about 59-60% of Puerto Ricans having at least a High School Education as opposed to about 72% in the rest of the US.

Answer 2

you have to be at least 4 years old to get to kingergarder

Answer 3

just like American kids go to school

Answer 4

16