École Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans

Using LA GATOR at École Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans

École Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans 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 2006.

On that list the school reported 278 K-12 students, which makes it the 60th-largest of 114 approved schools in the eight-parish area.

By enrollment it is the 22nd of 42 approved schools within Orleans Parish; the nearest comparable schools with the same grade span and affiliation in the area are Bishop McManus School, McMillian's First Steps Academy.

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 341 students, 35 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of about 9.7 to 1.

Kindergarten to grade 8 is 9 years at this school. Funded every year at 2026-27 levels, that is roughly $47,187 at the standard amount or $68,634 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

Independent schools publish tuition and run need-based aid through FACTS or a similar service. Ask where LA GATOR sits in that calculation; at the larger campuses the account covers a fraction of tuition and aid does the heavy lifting.

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Grade 9 options after École Bilingue de la Nouvelle-Orléans

Approved schools serving grade 9, nearest first:

• Academy of the Sacred Heart (New Orleans, grades PK-12, all-girls, about 1 mi)
• St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School (New Orleans, grades 8-12, all-girls, about 1 mi)
• De La Salle High School (New Orleans, grades 8-12, about 1 mi)
• Isidore Newman School (New Orleans, grades PK-12, about 1 mi)
• The Louise S. McGehee School (New Orleans, grades PK-12, all-girls, about 1 mi)
• Ursuline Academy (New Orleans, grades K-12, all-girls, about 2 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. 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.