Education in Puerto Rico 97 indicators covering education for Puerto Rico. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 63.5% 2025 down 3.0% 125th Population ages 0-14 11.2% 2025 down 31.6% 212th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 87.9% 2024 down 11.9% 181st Primary education, teachers 15,316 2024 down 20.5% 128th School enrollment, primary, female 88.4% 2024 down 10.5% 178th School enrollment, primary, male 87.5% 2024 down 13.3% 181st Labor force, female 46.1% 2025 up 3.6% 87th Labor force, total 1.21 million 2025 up 7.7% 141st School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1.02 GPI 2013 — 31st School enrollment, secondary 81.5% 2024 down 10.8% 135th Secondary education, teachers 20,845 2024 up 35.0% 122nd School enrollment, secondary, female 83.0% 2024 down 10.0% 134th School enrollment, secondary, male 80.1% 2024 down 11.5% 132nd School enrollment, tertiary 77.9% 2023 down 18.3% 34th School enrollment, primary, private 29.2% 2023 up 25.0% 39th School enrollment, preprimary 37.5% 2016 down 62.1% 140th School enrollment, tertiary, male 60.6% 2023 down 22.7% 47th School enrollment, tertiary, female 95.9% 2023 down 14.8% 28th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.37 GPI 2023 up 5.0% 41st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.08 GPI 2013 — 48th Secondary education, teachers, female 8,560 2018 down 58.3% 119th Government expenditure on education, total 4.3% 2024 down 29.7% 93rd Secondary education, general pupils 229,383 2016 — 127th School enrollment, preprimary, male 37.3% 2016 down 61.8% 138th School enrollment, preprimary, female 37.8% 2016 down 62.5% 137th Government expenditure on education, total 16.0% 2025 up 30.0% 50th Secondary education, general pupils 49.7% 2016 — 109th Children out of school 13.3% 2024 up 149.3% 40th Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st Primary education, pupils 144,542 2024 down 44.2% 143rd Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 171,527 2024 down 35.5% 138th Secondary education, vocational pupils 6,618 2016 — 138th Children out of school, female 12.2% 2024 up 232.1% 49th Children out of school, male 14.2% 2024 up 107.2% 40th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.1% 2025 down 47.9% 107th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 50.1% 76th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.8% 2025 down 50.9% 60th Primary education, teachers 87.1% 2018 up 7.1% 51st Number of adults with no formal education by region 8,400 people 2100 down 34.9% 126th Population by level of education 851,900 people 2100 up 1.2% 144th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.5% 2100 down 30.7% 76th School enrollment, secondary, private 21.5% 2023 down 12.0% 60th School enrollment, primary 76.3% 2016 down 15.0% 166th Over-age students, primary 3.2% 2016 down 36.7% 123rd Secondary education, teachers 72.4% 2018 down 7.7% 29th School enrollment, primary, male 75.7% 2016 down 13.1% 148th School enrollment, primary, female 76.8% 2016 down 16.9% 146th Over-age students, primary, male 4.1% 2016 down 34.1% 114th Over-age students, primary, female 2.3% 2016 down 41.3% 129th Compulsory education, duration 13 years 2025 unchanged 17th Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 78.8% 2016 down 12.5% 164th Primary education, pupils 48.3% 2016 down 1.2% 124th Tertiary education, academic staff 54.1% 2023 down 1.1% 24th School enrollment, secondary 75.9% 2016 down 0.5% 92nd Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th School enrollment, secondary, female 79.3% 2016 up 2.0% 85th School enrollment, secondary, male 72.9% 2016 down 2.6% 90th Page 1 of 2 Next →