Enrollment
320
Middle
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IBERIA PARISH·NCES 220072000505
Anderson Middle School
1059 Anderson Street, New Iberia, LA 70560 · (337) 365-3932 · Iberia Parish
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Louisiana public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Louisiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
286 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 163 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 157 | 49% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
LEAP 2025 2025-26 . % Mastery+English Language Arts
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -1.0pp since 2022
Math
21.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +7.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 7 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 14.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
19.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 20% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Louisiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anderson Middle School
Anderson Middle School's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Middle School this school | 320 | 89.4% | 19.7% |
| J.H. Williams Middle School Abbeville | 374 | 81.6% | 19.5% |
| Creswell Middle School Opelousas | 162 | 88.3% | 21.5% |
| St. Martinville Junior High School St. Martinville | 299 | 88.6% | 21.0% |
| Pineville Elementary School Pineville | 252 | 94.0% | 19.5% |
| Scott M. Brame Middle School Alexandria | 709 | 83.1% | 31.7% |
Matched among Louisiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anderson Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #166 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #141 of 210 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #152 of 213 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #85 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #144 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #35 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #124 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.4% | #28 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #71 of 162 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
320
-101 (-24%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 320 | 29.2 | 11.0:1 | 89% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 29.5 | 12.6:1 | 82% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 23.6 | 16.9:1 | 86% (342) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 22 | 19.1:1 | 71% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 27.1 | 14.5:1 | 86% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 67% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 84% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 45 | 13.2:1 | 76% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 710 | 43 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (394 to 320); teachers up 8% (27.1 to 29.2).
About Anderson Middle School
Anderson Middle School runs as a small middle school in New Iberia, Louisiana. The latest federal count shows 320 students in grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in Louisiana is about 440 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.
Iberia Parish runs Anderson Middle School along with 22 other schools, enrolling 11,037 students in total.
A majority of students at Anderson Middle School, 70%, are Black. The rest of enrollment is 17% White, 4% Asian, 4% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Iberia Parish, the Black share is about 31%. The chance that two students picked at random at Anderson Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 47%.
Teachers at the school number 29.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.0:1. Among middle schools in Louisiana, the typical ratio is 41.0:1. The school's lunch program data list 89% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Iberia Parish, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Anderson Middle School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of Louisiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Anderson Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 19.7% and a predicted 19.9%.
Iberia Parish census figures show that median household income is about $56,961, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. A total of 21 public schools operate in Iberia Parish, serving about 10,111 students.
Of nearby public schools, Johnston Hopkins Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Anderson Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Anderson Middle School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 320 was 24% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 421. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 19.1:1 to 11.0:1.
Community posts for Anderson Middle School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Iberia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,599
Census ACS
Median income
$56,961
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
10,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Iberia Parish
- New Iberia Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,315 students
- Westgate High SchoolHigh · 863 students
- Loreauville Elementary SchoolElementary · 679 students
- Loreauville High SchoolHigh · 576 students
- Caneview Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Daspit Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in New Iberia
- New Iberia Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,315 students
- Westgate High SchoolHigh · 863 students
- Caneview Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Daspit Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- North Lewis Elementary SchoolElementary · 488 students
- Jefferson Island Road ElementaryElementary · 486 students
Other Anderson Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Anderson Middle. Anderson Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Anderson Middle SchoolBERKLEY, MI · 489 students
- Anderson MiddleAnderson, CA · 341 students
- ANDERSON MIDDLEANDERSON, MO · 275 students
Nearby schools
- Johnston Hopkins Elementary School0.2 mi · 350
- Park Elementary School0.6 mi · 440
- Center Street Elementary School1.3 mi · 368
- Westgate High School1.4 mi · 863
- Pesson Addition Elementary School1.4 mi · 427
- Sugarland Elementary School1.5 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Anderson Middle School?
Anderson Middle School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades 07-08.
Is Anderson Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Anderson Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Anderson Middle School have?
Anderson Middle School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Anderson Middle School?
At Anderson Middle School, the student body is approximately 17% White, 4% Hispanic, 70% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Anderson Middle School public or private?
Anderson Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Iberia Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.