Coteau Elementary School

Coteau Elementary School is a low-enrollment K-5 school in New Iberia, Louisiana, run under Iberia Parish. The school serves 353 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Coteau Elementary School is one of 23 schools operated by Iberia Parish, a district that caters to 11,037 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Coteau Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 27% Black, 10% Asian, 10% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.0:1, putting Coteau Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 79% of students at Coteau Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Coteau Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Louisiana schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 27.8%; actual is 47.7%, +19.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Iberia Parish) shows that median household earnings sit near $56,961, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Coteau Elementary School is one of 21 public schools in Iberia Parish (combined enrollment of about 10,111 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson Island Road Elementary, roughly 3.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Coteau Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.4%.

Coteau Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Coteau Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 327 (now 353). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 15% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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