Enrollment
235
Middle
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 440
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADIA PARISH·NCES 220003001015
Iota Middle School
426 South Fifth Street, Iota, LA 70543 · (337) 779-2536 · Acadia Parish
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Louisiana public middle schools
- A-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
15.0:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 41.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
104 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 6 | 78 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 75 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 35% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
65.0%
LA avg 41.8% . +6.0pp since 2022
Math
48.0%
LA avg 34.2% . +1.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Louisiana schools, those numbers are about 42 and 34. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 59.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
49.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Iota Middle School
Iota Middle School's state test result (49.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iota Middle School this school | 235 | 44.3% | 49.2% |
| Sixth Ward Middle School Thibodaux | 236 | 44.1% | 60.2% |
| Welsh-Roanoke Junior High School Roanoke | 199 | 50.8% | 32.2% |
| South Beauregard Upper Elementary School Longville | 391 | 41.9% | 49.5% |
| N.S.U. Middle Lab School Natchitoches | 178 | 43.3% | 69.2% |
| DeQuincy Middle School DeQuincy | 208 | 52.9% | 37.5% |
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 Iota Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #30 of 213 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #35 of 210 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #19 of 213 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #71 of 197 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #185 of 220 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #147 of 195 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.8% | #181 of 195 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #187 of 214 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.2% | #54 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
235
-83 (-26%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 223
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 235 | 15.7 | 15.0:1 | 44% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 16.8 | 16.3:1 | 47% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 287 | 14.5 | 19.8:1 | 49% (140) |
| 2020-21 | 318 | 14 | 22.7:1 | 34% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 13.5 | 22.7:1 | 29% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 15 | 21.1:1 | 58% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 236 | 10 | 23.6:1 | 51% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 223 | 12 | 18.6:1 | 47% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Iota Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (306 to 235); teachers up 16% (13.5 to 15.7).
About Iota Middle School
Iota Middle School is a small middle school in Iota, Louisiana. Total enrollment is 235 students, and the grades served are 6 through 8. That is 47% below the average of about 440 students for middle schools in Louisiana.
Enrollment across the 27 schools in Acadia Parish totals 9,043 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Iota Middle School are White. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Among people living in Acadia Parish, the White share is about 77%. The diversity index for Iota Middle School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. The school has 15.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 15.0:1 compares with an average of 41.0:1 for middle schools in Louisiana. Federal data show 44% of students (104) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 23 points below the 67% average for public schools in Acadia Parish.
Among Louisiana public middle schools, Iota Middle School outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Louisiana schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Iota Middle School's results are 3.3 points below predicted: 49.2% against 52.5%.
The school's county is Acadia Parish. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $45,562 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Acadia Parish number 27, with about 9,043 students.
Measured in a straight line, Iota High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Iota Middle School. The five-mile area around Iota Middle School holds 2 other public schools. The school's 49.2% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
Iota Middle School is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 26%. The school's ratio dropped from 22.7:1 to 15.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Acadia Parish at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
56,955
Census ACS
Median income
$45,562
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
9,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Acadia Parish
- Mire Elementary SchoolElementary · 662 students
- Rayne High SchoolHigh · 653 students
- Iota Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Iota High SchoolHigh · 566 students
- Church Point High SchoolHigh · 504 students
- Crowley High SchoolHigh · 495 students
Other schools in Iota
- Iota Elementary SchoolElementary · 585 students
- Iota High SchoolHigh · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Iota High School0.0 mi · 566
- Iota Elementary School0.7 mi · 585
- Evangeline Elementary School6.2 mi · 159
- Egan Elementary School6.3 mi · 240
- Crowley High School7.2 mi · 495
- North Crowley Elementary School9.7 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Iota Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Iota Middle School?
Iota Middle School enrolls approximately 235 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Iota Middle School serve?
Iota Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Iota Middle School have?
Iota Middle School employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Iota Middle School?
At Iota Middle School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Iota Middle School?
Iota Middle School is overseen by Acadia Parish in Acadia Parish.
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