Belle Place Middle School

Belle Place Middle School is a tight-knit junior high in New Iberia, Louisiana, overseen by Iberia Parish. The school teaches 357 students in grades 7 through 8.

Iberia Parish comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 11,037 students; Belle Place Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Belle Place Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 38% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Belle Place Middle School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at Belle Place Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Belle Place Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

Around the school, Iberia Parish reports that median household earnings sit near $56,961, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Iberia Parish runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,111 students), of which Belle Place Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Belle Place Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Belle Place Middle School. On composite proficiency, Belle Place Middle School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Belle Place Middle School's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 411 (now 357). White enrollment moved from 61% to 49% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Belle Place Middle School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.