Ascension of Our Lord Catholic School

Using LA GATOR at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic School

LA GATOR can pay tuition at Ascension of Our Lord Catholic School because the school is on the Louisiana Department of Education's 2025-26 list of BESE-approved nonpublic schools (accredited). Approval is a condition of the program, not a guarantee the school has registered for the year, so confirm that with the office. Its Brumfield v. Dodd nondiscrimination approval, required for any state-funded placement, dates from 1981.

On that list the school reported 111 K-12 students plus 14 in pre-K, which makes it the 87th-largest of 114 approved schools in the eight-parish area.

By enrollment it is the 5th of 6 approved schools in the River Parishes; the nearest comparable schools with the same grade span and affiliation in the area are St. Charles Borromeo School, St. Joan of Arc School, St. Peter School (Reserve). Its pre-K program (14 children) is the usual route into kindergarten here, which is the first year LA GATOR can pay.

It was also on the state's 2024-25 list of schools taking Tuition Donation Credit scholarships. For a family at or below 250% of the poverty line that matters: since Act 403, an STO award from ACE, Arete, Aspiring Scholars or the New Orleans-based Son of a Saint can be added on top of LA GATOR, up to the school's actual tuition and fees.

Enough former Louisiana Scholarship Program students were tested here for the state to publish a 2025 Scholarship Cohort Index of 27.6 (K-8 assessment index 18.8, progress index 57.8). It is calculated like a public school performance score, for scholarship students only.

The federal Private School Survey (2021-22) recorded 131 students, 11.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of about 11.0 to 1. The school reports membership in National Catholic Educational Association.

Kindergarten to grade 7 is 8 years at this school. Funded every year at 2026-27 levels, that is roughly $41,944 at the standard amount or $61,008 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. After grade 7, the award moves with your child to an approved high school.

Covering the rest

Parish schools charge less to registered, contributing parishioners, and many offer sibling discounts. Ask for the parishioner rate first, then ask how the school bills LA GATOR through Odyssey and whether the Archdiocese of New Orleans tuition assistance program or an STO award can cover the remainder.

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Grade 8 options after Ascension of Our Lord Catholic School

New Orleans high schools admit at grade 8, so families here apply in the fall of 7th grade. Approved schools serving grade 8, nearest first:

• St. Charles Catholic High School (LaPlace, grades 8-12, about 1 mi)
• Riverside Academy (Reserve, grades K-12, about 5 mi)
• Islamic School of Greater New Orleans (Kenner, grades PK-8, about 16 mi)
• Archbishop Chapelle High School (Metairie, grades 8-12, all-girls, about 16 mi)
• Atonement Lutheran School (Metairie, grades PK-8, about 17 mi)
• Torah Academy (Metairie, grades PK-8, about 17 mi)

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. Which high schools do your 7th graders move on to, and do you help with placement test preparation?

Nearest private schools

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