St. James Episcopal Day School

LA GATOR and St. James Episcopal Day School

St. James Episcopal Day School is on the Louisiana Department of Education's 2025-26 list of BESE-approved nonpublic schools, classified as accredited. BESE approval is what a school needs to accept LA GATOR tuition from a family's account. Its federal Brumfield v. Dodd nondiscrimination approval dates to 1980.

The state doesn't publish which approved schools registered with LA GATOR each year (statewide, more than 240 took part in the first year), so ask the office whether it is set up for 2026-27 and how it bills the account.

The school reported 168 K-12 students and 38 pre-K students on that list. That ranks #40 of 69 approved schools in our ten-parish directory by K-12 enrollment.

St. James Episcopal Day School was not on the 2024-25 Tuition Donation Credit participating list, so STO scholarships may not be available here. Ask whether the school has joined since.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), it reported 143 students, 10 full-time-equivalent teachers and about 14.3 students per teacher.

From kindergarten through grade 5 is 6 school years. At 2026-27 amounts, a student funded every year here would bring about $31,458 at the standard amount, or $45,756 at the 250%-of-poverty amount. Amounts are set each year and new awards depend on funding, so treat this as a planning number. LA GATOR starts at age 5, so pre-K years are paid privately.

Paying the balance

Episcopal day schools set their own financial aid. Ask whether the school counts LA GATOR before or after it calculates aid. That order can change your balance by thousands of dollars.

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After grade 5: where students can continue

St. James Episcopal Day School ends at grade 5. These approved schools serve grade 6:

• St. Francis Xavier School (Baton Rouge, grades K-8, about 1 mi)
• Holy Family School (Port Allen, grades PK-8, about 1 mi)
• Sacred Heart of Jesus School (Baton Rouge, grades PK-8, about 1 mi)
• St. Aloysius School (Baton Rouge, grades PK-8, about 3 mi)
• Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School (Baton Rouge, grades PK-8, about 4 mi)

Questions to ask the school

1. Are you registered as a participating LA GATOR school in Odyssey for 2026-27, and how do you bill the account?
2. What is the full cost for my child's grade, including mandatory fees, and what's left after the account?
3. Do you accept STO scholarships (ACE, Arete, Aspiring Scholars, Son of a Saint), and in what order do you apply them?
4. Which state test or national norm-referenced test do LA GATOR students take here?
5. Does a pre-K seat here carry into kindergarten, when LA GATOR starts?

Closest private schools

Straight-line distance from federal survey or address coordinates.