The top reported proficiency rate is 48% in English language arts. The lowest is 31% in Social studies.
Original Research by School Decision on Belle Place Elementary School
Belle Place Elementary School serves students from prekindergarten through sixth grade in New Iberia, the parish seat of Iberia Parish. The school is a regular public school within the Iberia Parish school system. It is not a charter school, and no magnet or Title I status was reported in the available data.
The student body is diverse. White students make up the largest share, followed by Black students, with smaller populations of students who identify as two or more races, Asian, and Hispanic. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on the share of students with individualized education plans or English learner status was not available in the records reviewed.
Belle Place Elementary sits in New Iberia, a city that functions as the parish seat and a commercial hub along Bayou Teche. The local economy draws on agriculture, especially sugar cane, and food-production heritage that includes Louisiana Hot Sauce and the Tabasco factory on nearby Avery Island. The city hosts festivals tied to these roots, such as the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and the World Championship Gumbo Cook-Off. New Iberia’s population has been declining over recent decades, and a recent estimate continues that trend. No major new housing developments were identified in the search results. The city is served by Amtrak’s Sunset Limited and by U.S. Highway 90, and Acadiana Regional Airport provides general aviation. The Iberia Parish school district, which operates Belle Place Elementary, did not surface any recent parent-relevant changes in the search conducted.
On the Louisiana LEAP 2025 assessments, Belle Place Elementary’s results show a mixed picture. In English language arts, roughly half of students scored at the proficient level or above. In math and science, the share of students reaching that bar was lower, and in social studies it was lower still. The school had full participation in testing. Because only a single year of data was available, no trend can be established. A parent may want to ask the school about the specific instructional supports in math and social studies, where proficiency rates were lower.
The school serves prekindergarten through sixth grade, so there is no graduation rate to report. The school is a regular public elementary school, not an alternative or special-purpose school, so the absence of a graduation rate is simply a function of the grade band.
Belle Place Elementary is one school within the Iberia Parish district. The comparison set of districts in Iberia Parish was too small to produce a meaningful relative position on proficiency or other metrics, so no comparison to neighboring districts is available.
The school’s enrollment is moderate for an elementary serving prekindergarten through sixth grade. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Black population and smaller shares of students who are Asian, Hispanic, or of two or more races. About half of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic need that is in line with many public schools in the region.
No data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing ratios, or course access was available in the records reviewed. A parent interested in those areas would need to follow up directly with the school or the Iberia Parish district office. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes, so the district appears to have been operating without major recent shifts in policy or leadership that would affect a family’s decision.
For a family considering Belle Place Elementary, the school offers a full prekindergarten-through-sixth-grade program in a community with a strong sense of place and a mix of agricultural and food-production heritage. The academic picture is one where English language arts is the strongest tested area, while math, science, and social studies show room for growth. The school serves a diverse student body, and about half of students come from households with economic need. The lack of data on special education and English learner populations, as well as on discipline and staffing, means a parent should plan to ask about those areas directly. The school is part of a district that did not surface any recent major changes, so the operating context appears stable.
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