The Howe Institute was an African-American private Baptist primary and grammar school in operation from c. 1888 to 1933 in New Iberia, Louisiana.

[4] The founding president/principal of the Howe Institute was Jonas Henderson,[3] and a sponsor for the school was the Union 6th District Missionary Baptist Association.

[5] Prior to moving to New Iberia, principal Jonas Henderson had been a professor and the chair of the mathematics and history departments at Leland University in New Orleans.

[4] On April 14, 1915, Booker T. Washington, visited Howe Institute as a part of his historic tour of Black schools in Louisiana; this speaking engagement brought thousands of people together in attendance.

[1] The Howe campus had served as a temporary refugee camp for Black citizens following the 1927 flood.