St. Joseph's Academy

LA GATOR and St. Joseph's Academy

St. Joseph's Academy 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 1976.

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 1,128 K-12 students on that list. That ranks #1 of 69 approved schools in our ten-parish directory by K-12 enrollment.

St. Joseph's Academy was also on the state's 2024-25 Tuition Donation Credit participating list, so it accepts scholarships from Louisiana's school tuition organizations (ACE Scholarships, Arete Scholars, Aspiring Scholars and Son of a Saint). Those scholarships stack with LA GATOR: the account pays tuition and mandatory fees first, and an STO award can cover the rest, up to actual tuition and fees.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), it reported 1,113 students, 64.1 full-time-equivalent teachers and about 17.4 students per teacher. It lists membership in National Catholic Educational Association, National Coalition of Girls' Schools. It is all-girls.

From grade 9 through grade 12 is 4 school years. At 2026-27 amounts, a student funded every year here would bring about $20,972 at the standard amount, or $30,504 at the 250%-of-poverty amount. Amounts are set each year and new awards depend on funding, so treat this as a planning number.

Paying the balance

Diocese of Baton Rouge schools typically offer a lower rate to registered, participating parishioners, plus need-based tuition assistance. Ask how LA GATOR applies to the parish rate, and whether an STO scholarship or diocesan aid can cover the balance.

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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. Which dual-enrollment courses do you offer, and can those fees come from the account?

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