Jose Rizal took his first formal education in the school managed by Maestro Justiniano Aquino Cruz, which was located in the town of Biñan, Laguna. The school was a small nipa hut near the house of Rizal's paternal aunt and was situated on Capinpin Street in Barangay Poblacion, Biñan. Rizal studied there from 1869 to 1871, excelling in subjects such as Latin and Spanish under Maestro Cruz's tutelage