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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

J. I. Watson Elementary School, Iowa, LA

J. I. Watson Elementary School is a public elementary school in Iowa, part of Calcasieu Parish. It enrolled 531 students in 2024-25, with 13.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
531
Teachers (FTE)
41.0
Students per teacher
13.0
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.9 higher than the district figure of 12.1. The Louisiana average across schools is 13.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.0
District12.1
Louisiana13.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
201 E First St, Iowa, LA 70647
Phone
(337)217-4670
District
Calcasieu Parish
County
Calcasieu Parish
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
220033000274
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
373
Reduced-price lunch
20
Free or reduced-price lunch
39374.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
347Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Calcasieu Parish

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.