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Alumni: what's one memory from Iberia Middle School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
405
Middle
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IBERIA PARISH·NCES 220072000316
Iberia Middle School
613 Weeks Island Road, New Iberia, LA 70560 · (337) 364-3927 · Iberia Parish
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Louisiana public middle schools
- B-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
10.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
306 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 194 | 48% |
| Grade 8 | 211 | 52% |
Student demographics
67%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
39.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -5.0pp since 2022
Math
31.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 5 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 12 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.9%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Iberia Middle School
Iberia Middle School's state test result (29.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iberia Middle School this school | 405 | 75.6% | 29.5% |
| Patterson Junior High School Patterson | 374 | 75.9% | 35.0% |
| Vernon Middle School Leesville | 372 | 71.8% | 27.8% |
| Leesville Junior High School Leesville | 421 | 68.4% | 31.7% |
| Evergreen Junior High School Houma | 622 | 73.8% | 35.7% |
| Vidalia Junior High School Vidalia | 336 | 79.5% | 26.7% |
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 Iberia Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #113 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #99 of 210 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #115 of 213 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #73 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #105 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #29 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #14 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #82 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #50 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
405
-127 (-24%) vs 2020
-45% since 2000-01, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 405 | 37.5 | 10.8:1 | 76% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 39.3 | 11.5:1 | 67% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 31.7 | 15.7:1 | 77% (383) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 50% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 29.3 | 18.3:1 | 69% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 55% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 579 | 49 | 11.8:1 | 78% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 736 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 61% (451) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iberia Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (537 to 405); teachers up 28% (29.3 to 37.5).
About Iberia Middle School
Iberia Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in New Iberia, Louisiana. There are 405 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 8.
Iberia Middle School is one school in Iberia Parish, a system of 23 schools with 11,037 students.
The student body at Iberia Middle School has no majority group. Black students lead at 41%. The next largest groups are 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's Black share is 10 points above the 31% share among Iberia Parish residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 67%.
The school lists 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. The average for middle schools in Louisiana is 41.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 306 students, or 76%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is in line with the 74% average for public schools in Iberia Parish.
Iberia Middle School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Louisiana public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Iberia Middle School is within a point of its prediction. Actual: 29.5%. Predicted: 29.9%.
The school is in Iberia Parish, where median household income comes to about $56,961, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Iberia Parish's 21 public schools enroll about 10,111 students and include Iberia Middle School.
Iberia Middle School is about 0.7 miles from Center Street Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 29.5% is above the 22.5% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Iberia Middle School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment fell by 24% across 4 years, from 532 in 2020-21 to 405 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Center Street Elementary School0.7 mi · 368
- Pesson Addition Elementary School1.5 mi · 427
- New Iberia Senior High School1.6 mi · 1,315
- Westgate High School1.7 mi · 863
- Sugarland Elementary School1.8 mi · 269
- Johnston Hopkins Elementary School1.8 mi · 350
Frequently asked questions
About Iberia Middle SchoolHow large is Iberia Middle School?
Iberia Middle School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Iberia Middle School serve?
Iberia Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Iberia Middle School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Iberia Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Iberia Middle School?
Student demographics at Iberia Middle School are roughly 37% White, 13% Hispanic, 41% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Iberia Middle School in?
Iberia Middle School is part of Iberia Parish.
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