Iota Middle School

Iota Middle School operates as a cozy 6-8 campus in Iota, Louisiana, part of Acadia Parish. Current enrollment sits at 235 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 47% below typical.

Within Acadia Parish, which oversees 27 schools and 9,043 students, Iota Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Iota Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%); the rest comes out to 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Iota Middle School reports 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 41.0:1, putting Iota Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at Iota Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Acadia Parish's rate of about 67%.

After controlling for student poverty, Iota Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.3%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Acadia Parish) shows that the typical household earns roughly $45,562 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Acadia Parish's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,043 students), Iota Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Iota High School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Iota Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

Iota Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 235 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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