Jefferson Island Road Elementary

Jefferson Island Road Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in New Iberia, Louisiana, overseen by Iberia Parish, with 486 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Iberia Parish comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 11,037 students; Jefferson Island Road Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Jefferson Island Road Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 13% multiracial. By comparison, Iberia Parish as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jefferson Island Road Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 25.4%; this one delivers 49.0%, a residual of +23.6 points.

In the area at large, Iberia Parish reports that median household income runs about $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%. In all, Iberia Parish runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,111 students), of which Jefferson Island Road Elementary is one.

Sugarland Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Island Road Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 26.8%.

Jefferson Island Road Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Jefferson Island Road Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 486). The White share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Jefferson Island Road Elementary community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.