Summary:
The eight elementary schools in zip code 70560 (New Iberia, LA), serving grades PK through 6, are all part of the Iberia Parish school district, which holds a 4-star rating and ranks in the 74th percentile statewide.
For parents, the standout school is Coteau Elementary School, which is the top performer with a 4-star rating for three consecutive years and a state rank of 122nd. Its 5th-grade math proficiency rate of 92% is 31 points above both district and state averages. The most improved school is Caneview Elementary School, which rebounded from a 3-star rating to a 4-star rating, now ranking 148th with strong ELA (84% proficient) and Social Studies (68% proficient) scores. In contrast, Park Elementary School (ranked 520th) and Johnston Hopkins Elementary School (ranked 513th) are the lowest-ranked, both holding 1-star ratings. Key metrics show an average free/reduced lunch rate of 85.5% and an average chronic absenteeism rate of 23.2% across the zip code.
Poverty is a strong factor but not absolute: the top school, Coteau, has a 78.75% free/reduced lunch rate, while the lowest-performing schools exceed 86%. Chronic absenteeism is a critical differentiator—Coteau has the lowest rate at 10.9%, while Park has the highest at 36.3%. Social Studies is a universal weakness, with an average proficiency of just 47.8% across all schools, well below the state average of 55%. Notably, student-teacher ratios do not correlate with success; the school with the smallest classes (Johnston Hopkins, 11.4:1) is among the lowest-performing, while Coteau’s ratio of 15.5:1 is above average. The middle-tier schools, like Jefferson Island Road Elementary, show high volatility, dropping from a 5-star to a 3-star rating in two years.
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