Belle Place Middle School

Summary:

Belle Place Middle School is a public middle school located in New Iberia, Louisiana, serving grades 7-8 with a student population of 413 and part of the Iberia Parish School District, which is ranked 31 out of 122 districts in Louisiana and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Belle Place Middle School consistently performs above the state and district averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency across all grades. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate for all grades was 66%, compared to the Iberia Parish score of 68% and the Louisiana state score of 59%. In the same year, the school's ELA proficiency rate for all grades was 78%, compared to the Iberia Parish score of 75% and the Louisiana state score of 69%. The school's performance is particularly strong in ELA, with 8th-grade students achieving an 81% proficiency rate, significantly higher than the Iberia Parish (70%) and Louisiana (71%) averages.

Belle Place Middle School excels in the performance of specific student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students. For the 2023-2024 school year, the school's African American students ranked 58th out of 333 Louisiana middle schools, and its Hispanic students ranked 6th out of 163 Louisiana middle schools, both earning 4 and 5 SchoolDigger stars, respectively. The school's performance for students with disabilities is also noteworthy, ranking 34th out of 175 Louisiana middle schools in the 2023-2024 school year. When compared to nearby middle schools, such as Anderson Middle School and Iberia Middle School, Belle Place Middle School consistently outperforms its peers in both Mathematics and ELA proficiency.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 4110 Loreauville Road
       New Iberia, LA  70563


(337) 364-2141

District: Iberia Parish

SchoolDigger Rank:
123rd of 449 Louisiana Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,124 Help


Students who attend Belle Place Middle School usually attend:

High:    New Iberia Senior High School

Feeder schools for Belle Place Middle School:

Elementary:    Belle Place Elementary School
    Daspit Road Elementary School
    North Lewis Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  413

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.5%
African American:
33.4%
Hispanic:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65.1% Help


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Compare Details Belle Place Middle School ranks better than 72.6% of middle schools in Louisiana. It also ranks first among 3 ranked middle schools in the Iberia Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 72.35. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (53.5%), African American (33.4%), Hispanic (6.1%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Iberia Parish School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Belle Place Middle School is 17.6, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Iberia Parish School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Belle Place Middle School is $13,124, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Iberia Parish School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Belle Place Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Belle Place Middle School 123rd of 449 Louisiana public middle schools. (See Belle Place Middle School in the ranking list.)

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Iberia Parish:

SchoolDigger ranks Iberia Parish 31st of 122 Louisiana school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Belle Place Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2007 68.79 133rd 396 66.4%
2008 67.91 145th 413 64.9%
2009 68.44 141st 425 66.8%
2010 65.56 156th 408 61.8%
2011 80.14 59th 412 85.7%
2012 67.71 141st 442 68.1%
2013 60.64 183rd 457 60.0%
2014 60.74 186th 470 60.4%
2015 60.49 190th 482 60.6%
2016 63.59 167th 435 61.6%
2017 73.79 107th 437 75.5%
2018 56.54 159th 411 61.3%
2019 73.69 120th 449 73.3%
2021 76.27 99th 459 78.4%
2022 73.86 108th 460 76.5%
2023 73.06 111th 465 76.1%
2024 72.35 123rd 449 72.6%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 64.27 17th 57 70.2%
2023 32.93 42nd 63 33.3%
2024 57.83 19th 39 51.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 70.56 34th 202 83.2%
2021 84.42 13th 210 93.8%
2022 82.10 16th 206 92.2%
2023 78.25 19th 206 90.8%
2024 73.58 34th 175 80.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.58 102nd 403 74.7%
2019 71.67 114th 430 73.5%
2021 71.24 110th 455 75.8%
2022 75.98 82nd 458 82.1%
2023 73.82 94th 459 79.5%
2024 70.98 114th 444 74.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 74.22 109th 418 73.9%
2021 79.75 76th 441 82.8%
2022 73.38 113th 441 74.4%
2023 70.86 118th 444 73.4%
2024 70.68 115th 415 72.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.12 37th 170 78.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 69.31 123rd 418 70.6%
2021 67.64 140th 442 68.3%
2022 73.87 99th 442 77.6%
2023 75.71 98th 443 77.9%
2024 70.90 114th 426 73.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.56 104th 313 66.8%
2019 74.03 69th 338 79.6%
2021 69.92 71st 352 79.8%
2022 69.53 69th 360 80.8%
2023 74.51 59th 360 83.6%
2024 75.67 58th 333 82.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 90.23 10th 163 93.9%
2023 92.68 6th 163 96.3%
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Rank History for White students at Belle Place Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools LA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.15 106th 338 68.6%
2019 66.08 122nd 350 65.1%
2021 69.86 104th 358 70.9%
2022 67.03 118th 362 67.4%
2023 62.86 125th 352 64.5%
2024 64.64 114th 320 64.4%
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Data source: test scores: Louisiana Dept of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Belle Place Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1990 616 337 17 2 0 n/a n/a 0 972
1991 681 355 14 2 0 n/a n/a 0 1052
1992 699 390 16 0 0 n/a n/a 0 1105
1993 689 358 25 5 0 n/a n/a 0 1077
1994 696 366 28 3 1 n/a n/a 0 1094
1995 408 140 18 2 3 n/a n/a 0 571
1996 408 140 18 2 3 n/a n/a 0 571
1997 401 145 17 1 0 n/a n/a 0 564
1998 394 129 18 1 0 n/a n/a 0 542
1999 422 146 18 2 0 n/a n/a 0 588
2000 405 137 19 1 0 n/a n/a 0 562
2001 345 145 12 3 0 n/a n/a 0 505
2002 380 116 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 505
2003 380 116 6 3 0 n/a n/a 0 505
2004 408 113 5 5 1 n/a n/a 0 532
2005 406 116 11 4 1 n/a n/a 0 538
2006 364 130 9 4 0 n/a n/a 0 507
2007 324 147 9 2 0 n/a n/a 0 482
2008 304 150 12 6 1 n/a n/a 0 473
2009 309 163 15 8 0 n/a n/a 0 495
2010 313 142 17 8 0 n/a n/a 0 480
2011 298 148 13 4 0 0 0 0 463
2012 321 154 13 4 2 0 1 0 495
2013 347 170 13 10 2 0 2 0 544
2014 330 153 11 12 2 1 0 0 509
2015 304 146 10 19 2 0 4 0 485
2016 281 126 10 16 2 0 6 0 441
2017 273 129 9 16 0 0 8 0 435
2018 250 117 15 18 1 0 10 0 411
2019 233 128 16 15 2 0 13 0 407
2020 266 134 9 13 0 0 19 0 441
2021 236 128 10 19 0 0 15 0 408
2022 209 126 9 22 0 0 10 0 376
2023 221 138 6 25 0 0 23 0 413

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Belle Place Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 972 56.0 17.3 26.3
1991 1052 56.0 18.7 25.3
1992 1105 58.0 19.0 27.7
1993 1077 56.0 19.2 25.6
1994 1094 56.0 19.5 31.2
1995 571 37.0 15.4 33.3
1996 571 37.0 15.4 33.3
1997 564 36.0 15.7 29.4
1998 542 37.0 14.6 28.6
1999 588 38.0 15.5 33
2000 562 43.0 13.1 35.1
2001 505 38.0 13.3 40.6
2002 505 40.0 12.6 37.2
2003 505 40.0 12.6 37.2
2004 532 36.4 14.6 42.3
2005 538 35.6 15.1 44.4
2006 507 36.6 13.9 46.4
2007 482 38.5 12.5 49.4
2008 473 38.8 12.2 48.6
2009 495 38.0 13.0 49.9
2010 480 37.3 12.8 54.2
2011 463 36.5 12.6 54.9
2012 495 29.7 16.6 56.4
2013 544 30.5 17.8 53.9
2014 509 31.6 16.0 53.2
2015 485 32.0 15.1 56.9
2016 441 n/a n/a 39
2017 435 26.3 16.5 55.9
2018 411 23.0 17.8 58.4
2019 407 21.0 19.3 45.5
2020 441 21.5 20.5 42.4
2021 408 20.3 20.0 37.5
2022 376 21.4 17.5 37.5
2023 413 23.3 17.6 65.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Belle Place Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1990 972 56.0 17.3 26.3
1991 1052 56.0 18.7 25.3
1992 1105 58.0 19.0 27.7
1993 1077 56.0 19.2 25.6
1994 1094 56.0 19.5 31.2
1995 571 37.0 15.4 33.3
1996 571 37.0 15.4 33.3
1997 564 36.0 15.7 29.4
1998 542 37.0 14.6 28.6
1999 588 38.0 15.5 33
2000 562 43.0 13.1 35.1
2001 505 38.0 13.3 40.6
2002 505 40.0 12.6 37.2
2003 505 40.0 12.6 37.2
2004 532 36.4 14.6 42.3
2005 538 35.6 15.1 44.4
2006 507 36.6 13.9 46.4
2007 482 38.5 12.5 49.4
2008 473 38.8 12.2 48.6
2009 495 38.0 13.0 49.9
2010 480 37.3 12.8 54.2
2011 463 36.5 12.6 54.9
2012 495 29.7 16.6 56.4
2013 544 30.5 17.8 53.9
2014 509 31.6 16.0 53.2
2015 485 32.0 15.1 56.9
2016 441 n/a n/a 39
2017 435 26.3 16.5 55.9
2018 411 23.0 17.8 58.4
2019 407 21.0 19.3 45.5
2020 441 21.5 20.5 42.4
2021 408 20.3 20.0 37.5
2022 376 21.4 17.5 37.5
2023 413 23.3 17.6 65.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Belle Place Middle School

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2017 $11,223
2018 $11,009
2019 $11,011
2020 $10,427
2021 $12,018
2022 $13,124

Data source: Louisiana Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Belle Place Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 120th of 449 Middle schoolsRanks 111th of 465 Middle schools
 2.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade English Language Arts (Belle Place Middle School)8279
 3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Iberia Parish)7966
 13%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7267
 5%
7th Grade Social Studies (Belle Place Middle School)6258
 4%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Iberia Parish)5747
 10%
   7th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)5552
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Belle Place Middle School)6962
 7%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Iberia Parish)6551
 14%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Louisiana)5347
 6%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Belle Place Middle School)8081
 1%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Iberia Parish)7676
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Louisiana)7170
 1%
8th Grade Social Studies (Belle Place Middle School)7765
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Iberia Parish)7260
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Louisiana)6453
 11%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students407413
 1.5%
African American128138
 7.8%
American Indian20
 100%
Asian166
 62.5%
Hispanic1525
 66.7%
Pacific Islander00
White233221
 5.2%
Two or More Races1323
 76.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients45.5%65.1%
 19.7%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Belle Place Middle School

Belle Place Middle School ranks 123rd of 449 Louisiana middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Belle Place Middle School are 54% White, 33% African American, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 413 students attended Belle Place Middle School.

Students who attend Belle Place Middle School usually go on to attend New Iberia Senior High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Louisiana Dept of Education.

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