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What advice would you give to incoming students at Jefferson Island Road Elementary?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IBERIA PARISH·NCES 220072002085
Jefferson Island Road Elementary
6007 Jefferson Island Road, New Iberia, LA 70560 · (337) 365-1120 · Iberia Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 82% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
399 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (57).
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
51.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -2.0pp 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 51 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 down about 2 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 1 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 49.0% |
% Mastery+, all students and all tested grades.
Source: LEAP 2025. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of LA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 25% typical for Louisiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Louisiana's top 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 Jefferson Island Road Elementary
Jefferson Island Road Elementary's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Island Road Elementary this school | 486 | 82.1% | 44.2% |
| Caneview K-8 School Port Allen | 483 | 82.0% | 30.8% |
| Lisa Park Elementary School Houma | 574 | 79.4% | 47.2% |
| Teche Elementary School Breaux Bridge | 547 | 78.8% | 39.7% |
| Vidalia Lower Elementary School Vidalia | 415 | 85.1% | N/A |
| West Leesville Elementary School Leesville | 643 | 81.2% | 26.7% |
Matched among Louisiana elementary 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 Jefferson Island Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Iberia Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #160 of 583 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #143 of 582 ▲ 28 | #4 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #174 of 587 ▲ 40 | #3 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #212 of 540 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #281 of 714 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #369 of 655 | #4 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.1% | #60 of 655 | #2 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.1% | #249 of 705 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #416 of 436 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
486
+33 (+7%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 530
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 486 | 35.5 | 13.7:1 | 82% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 68% (301) |
| 2022-23 | 440 | 24.2 | 18.2:1 | 74% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 453 | 25 | 18.1:1 | 59% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 27.2 | 18.1:1 | 65% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 60% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 29 | 18.3:1 | 76% (404) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jefferson Island Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (493 to 486); teachers up 31% (27.2 to 35.5).
About Jefferson Island Road Elementary
Jefferson Island Road Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in New Iberia, Louisiana. The school covers pre-K through 6 and reported 486 students in 2024-25.
Iberia Parish (23 schools, 11,037 students) runs Jefferson Island Road Elementary.
No group is above 50% at Jefferson Island Road Elementary; the largest is White, at 48%. After that, the student body is 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. Among all residents of Iberia Parish, the White share is about 57%. The diversity index for Jefferson Island Road Elementary is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.7 students per teacher. That is in line with the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Of all students at Jefferson Island Road Elementary, 82% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Louisiana public elementary schools, Jefferson Island Road Elementary outscored 82%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Jefferson Island Road Elementary beats its 25.2% prediction with 44.2%, a top-10% result in Louisiana.
Looking at the county, Iberia Parish, median household income comes to about $56,961, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 16%. The county has 21 public schools and about 10,111 students.
Jefferson Island Road Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Sugarland Elementary School, about 3.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Jefferson Island Road Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Jefferson Island Road Elementary's average proficiency of 44.2% compares with 26.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.7:1, from 18.1:1.
The allk12 page for Jefferson Island Road Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Sugarland Elementary School3.4 mi · 269
- Westgate High School3.5 mi · 863
- Coteau Elementary School3.8 mi · 353
- Park Elementary School4.3 mi · 440
- Iberia Middle School4.7 mi · 405
- Anderson Middle School4.8 mi · 320
Frequently asked questions
About Jefferson Island Road ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Jefferson Island Road Elementary?
Jefferson Island Road Elementary enrolls approximately 486 students in grades PK-06.
Is Jefferson Island Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jefferson Island Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Jefferson Island Road Elementary?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at Jefferson Island Road Elementary.
How diverse is Jefferson Island Road Elementary?
Jefferson Island Road Elementary reports a student body of 48% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Jefferson Island Road Elementary?
Jefferson Island Road Elementary is overseen by Iberia Parish in Iberia Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.