Johnston Hopkins Elementary School

Johnston Hopkins Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment primary school in New Iberia, Louisiana, overseen by Iberia Parish. Current enrollment sits at 350 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 23% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 453 students.

Across the 23 schools in Iberia Parish (11,037 students total), Johnston Hopkins Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Johnston Hopkins Elementary School logs that nearly all students (83%) are Black; the rest looks like 9% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Iberia Parish as a whole is about 31% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Johnston Hopkins Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 95% of students at Johnston Hopkins Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Iberia Parish's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Johnston Hopkins Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 16.3%; this one delivers 15.0%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Iberia Parish indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,961 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Johnston Hopkins Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Anderson Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Johnston Hopkins Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Johnston Hopkins Elementary School has contracted 36%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 350 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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