In Orihuela, the local government has faced a setback as the Generalitat rejected its proposal to transfer an approximately eleven thousand one hundred and thirty-nine square metre plot on Limonero Street for the construction of a new school. This area is intended to address the growing educational demands of the Costa region, which has been experiencing significant expansion. The project was partly funded by the previous regional government with an investment of nine million euros.

Councilman Matías Ruiz noted that the proposal was turned down as it did not meet six out of the ten required stipulations for new school sites. As a result, the town hall is back to the drawing board, searching for additional plots that fulfil the necessary criteria. Some suggested sites are already under consideration, but opposition councillor María García expressed concerns that the available land was earmarked for educational use only.

The Number Twenty school has been operating temporarily in prefabricated units since March, following delays in its opening. Despite serving three hundred and eighty students on a limited capacity, the school faces growing pressure as it anticipates a surge in enrolments, leading to the need for additional classroom spaces as early as January.

Local officials highlighted the urgent need for more educational facilities along the coast, with existing schools like CEIP Los Dolses and CEIP Playas de Orihuela severely overcrowded. Recent reports indicate that these schools have exceeded their maximum capacities, with classrooms reaching as many as twenty-seven students, well above the legal limit of twenty. The local community continues to advocate for improved educational infrastructure to accommodate the increasing population along the Orihuela coast.