[3][4] In 2022, the demographics for the student body was 49.1% White, 39.5% African-American, 6.5% Hispanic, 2.4% Asian, and 2% two or more races.

[5] African-American students were segregated from schools until the passage of a series of law changes starting with Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

[6][7] In 1992, New Iberia High School teacher Toby Daspit with Pat Kahle, and Jamie Credle taught the class "Oral Traditions of the African American Community in Iberia Parish", a class to prepare a future generation of oral historians.

[8][9][10] The oral traditions class idea originated with the Iberia Parish School System and Carmelite Blanco.

[8] In November 2022, the school had a bullying incident that was shared on social media and made the news.