Pesson Addition Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in New Iberia, Louisiana, Pesson Addition Elementary School hosts 427 students from grades pre-K through 6, overseen by Iberia Parish.

Iberia Parish runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 11,037 students. Pesson Addition Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pesson Addition Elementary School logs that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 8% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 31% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Pesson Addition Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 14.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Iberia Parish (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pesson Addition Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 19.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Iberia Parish indicate median household earnings sit near $56,961, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Iberia Parish runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,111 students), of which Pesson Addition Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: New Iberia Senior High School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pesson Addition Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pesson Addition Elementary School has fell 7%, going from 458 students in 2018 to 427 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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