Puerto Rico Department of Education
| Departamento de Educación de Puerto Rico | |
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| Formed | April 12, 1900 |
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| Type | Executive department |
| Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Puerto Rico |
| Headquarters | San Juan, PR |
| Employees | 75,000 |
| Annual budget | $3.5 billion USD |
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| Website | www.de.pr.gov |
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| Education in Puerto Rico |
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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. The department, headquartered in Hato Rey, San Juan, 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 and over 72,000 staff—including more than 41,000 teachers, 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.
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.