Iota Elementary School, Iota LA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Iota Elementary School

Iota Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in the small rural town of Iota, located in Acadia Parish. The school is a regular public school within the Acadia Parish district and is the only elementary school in the town itself. Iota is a compact agricultural community with a strong Cajun cultural identity, best known for its annual Mardi Gras Folklife Festival. The town’s economy centers on rice and crawfish farming alongside petroleum work, and its population has been gradually declining in recent years. The school sits on Kennedy Street near the town’s residential core, integrated into the fabric of the community rather than isolated on a distant campus.

Academically, Iota Elementary’s state assessment results from the 2024-25 LEAP 2025 tests show a mixed picture. In English language arts, about half of students scored at the proficient level or above, a similar share did so in math. Science and social studies proficiency rates were lower. The school had full participation in testing, which lends confidence to the results. No prior-year data is available in the source material to show trends, so a parent cannot see whether performance is improving or declining over time. For a school serving only elementary grades, there are naturally no graduation rate or high school pathway metrics to evaluate.

The student body is predominantly white, with small percentages of students who are Hispanic, Black, or two or more races. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that a meaningful portion of families face economic pressures. The data does not include counts of students with disabilities or English learners, which is a gap a parent may want to explore directly with the school, as those support structures matter for many families.

Housing in the Iota area is relatively affordable compared with state and national benchmarks. The typical home value is below the Louisiana average, and the price-to-income ratio suggests a modest cost of entry for homebuyers. The town itself has limited commercial activity and everyday street life is minimal, but the annual festival draws visitors and reinforces community identity. For a family considering a move, the quiet rural setting and lower housing costs may be appealing, though job opportunities are concentrated in agriculture and petroleum.

Iota Elementary is best suited for families who value a small-town, rural elementary experience with a strong local identity. The academic results are around the middle for math and ELA, with weaker outcomes in science and social studies. A parent concerned about those subjects may want to ask what resources and instructional approaches the school uses. The absence of trend data, special population details, and any district-level changes reported means there is less context than ideal for a full picture, but what is available paints a straightforward portrait of a modestly performing elementary school in a stable but slowly shrinking community.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grades 3-850%

School 50% · District 34% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

English language arts

Grades 3-855%

School 55% · District 44% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grades 3-841%

School 41% · District 30% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-839%

School 39% · District 32% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolAcadia Parish, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income36%Higher-income61%25 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income66%Higher-income56%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income72%28 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income49%Higher-income63%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income26%Higher-income65%39 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income58%Higher-income66%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income60%27 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income40%Higher-income64%24 pp gap