Academy of the Sacred Heart

Using LA GATOR at Academy of the Sacred Heart

Academy of the Sacred Heart holds state approval for 2025-26: it appears on the BESE-approved nonpublic school list as accredited. That is what makes it eligible to receive LA GATOR tuition payments through Odyssey, once the school registers for the year. Its Brumfield v. Dodd nondiscrimination approval, required for any state-funded placement, dates from 1976.

On that list the school reported 641 K-12 students plus 56 in pre-K, which makes it the 18th-largest of 114 approved schools in the eight-parish area.

By enrollment it is the 8th of 42 approved schools within Orleans Parish; the nearest comparable schools with the same grade span and affiliation in the area are Jesuit High School, Mount Carmel Academy, Brother Martin High School. Its pre-K program (56 children) is the usual route into kindergarten here, which is the first year LA GATOR can pay.

The school did not appear on the 2024-25 Tuition Donation Credit list, so an STO scholarship may not be usable here unless it has since joined. LA GATOR itself is unaffected.

The federal Private School Survey (2023-24) recorded 611 students, 103 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of about 5.9 to 1. The school reports membership in National Coalition of Girls' Schools, National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

Kindergarten to grade 12 is 13 years at this school. Funded every year at 2026-27 levels, that is roughly $68,159 at the standard amount or $99,138 at the 250%-of-poverty amount, before any STO scholarship. Awards are reset annually and depend on the appropriation, so use it for planning, not budgeting. Pre-K years aren't eligible; the account starts at age 5.

Covering the rest

Orleans Parish parish schools quote a parishioner rate and a non-parishioner rate; the gap can be larger than at suburban schools, so register with the parish first. Then ask how the school bills LA GATOR through Odyssey and whether archdiocesan tuition assistance or an STO award can take the rest.

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Ask the admissions office

1. Is the school registered with Odyssey as a LA GATOR school for 2026-27, and does it bill tuition quarterly to match the deposits?
2. What is the all-in cost for this grade, including fees, and what does a family at the $5,243 and $7,626 levels owe after the account?
3. Do you take STO scholarships (ACE, Arete, Aspiring Scholars, Son of a Saint)? Which is applied first, LA GATOR or the STO award?
4. Does a PK-4 seat guarantee a kindergarten seat, which is when the account can start?

Nearest private schools

Straight-line distance between campus coordinates.