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What clubs or activities at Park Elementary School are worth joining?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 453
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IBERIA PARISH·NCES 220072000530
Park Elementary School
1609 West Admiral Doyle Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560 · (337) 369-6189 · Iberia Parish
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Louisiana public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- DThree-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
16.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
419 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 70%
Community
4
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 | 29 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 93% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
29%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
31.0%
LA avg 41.8% . -10.0pp since 2022
Math
14.0%
LA avg 34.2% . -8.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the LEAP 2025, Louisiana's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 10 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 8 points.
LEAP 2025 results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 31.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
15.7%
based on LA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 16% 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 Park Elementary School
Park Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park Elementary School this school | 440 | 95.2% | 21.8% |
| Amite Elementary Magnet School Amite | 431 | 94.9% | 17.0% |
| J.W. Faulk Elementary School Lafayette | 424 | 94.3% | 18.3% |
| Central Elementary School Bogalusa | 416 | 94.2% | 12.7% |
| M.R. Weaver Elementary School Natchitoches | 379 | 97.1% | 26.8% |
| Alice N. Boucher Elementary School Lafayette | 442 | 94.3% | 17.5% |
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 Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Louisiana | In Iberia Parish |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #426 of 583 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #516 of 582 ▼ 90 | #14 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #409 of 587 ▼ 16 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #63 of 540 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #327 of 714 | #6 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #584 of 655 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.6% | #503 of 655 | #13 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.2% | #50 of 705 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +44.7% | #25 of 197 | N/A |
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
440
+143 (+48%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 481
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 440 | 26.9 | 16.4:1 | 95% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 21.3 | 13.9:1 | 85% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 17 | 16.2:1 | 88% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 297 | 18 | 16.5:1 | 84% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 19.3 | 15.7:1 | 80% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 29 | 11.6:1 | 89% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 98% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 97% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 481 | 22 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 45% (304 to 440); teachers up 39% (19.3 to 26.9).
About Park Elementary School
Park Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school located in New Iberia, Louisiana. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 440 students in pre-K through 6.
The 23 schools of Iberia Parish, including Park Elementary School, enroll 11,037 students.
The student body at Park Elementary School is 84% Black. Enrollment also includes 10% White, 3% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Iberia Parish, the Black share is about 31%. The school's diversity index is 29%, meaning two students picked at random have a 29% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The count of teachers at Park Elementary School is 26.9 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 16.4:1. That is 2.4 students per teacher above the 14.0:1 average for elementary schools in Louisiana. Around 95% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Iberia Parish average 74%.
Park Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Louisiana public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Park Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (21.8%) and its predicted rate (15.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Louisiana schools.
Census estimates describe Iberia Parish this way: the median household income is $56,961, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Park Elementary School, Iberia Parish has 20 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Anderson Middle School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Park Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Park Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Park Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Park Elementary School had 297 students in 2020-21 and 440 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Jefferson Island Road ElementaryElementary · 486 students
Other Park Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 19 states are named Park Elementary. Park Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 26.
- Park Elementary SchoolBaton Rouge, LA · 300 students
- Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJ · 747 students
- Park Elementary SchoolHamilton, GA · 628 students
- Park ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 581 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Anderson Middle School0.6 mi · 320
- Johnston Hopkins Elementary School0.8 mi · 350
- Westgate High School1.1 mi · 863
- Sugarland Elementary School1.2 mi · 269
- Center Street Elementary School1.7 mi · 368
- Pesson Addition Elementary School2.0 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Park Elementary School serve?
Park Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Park Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Park Elementary School?
Student demographics at Park Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 3% Hispanic, 84% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Park Elementary School?
Park Elementary School is overseen by Iberia Parish in Iberia Parish.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.