Using LA GATOR at Saint Paul's School
LA GATOR can pay tuition at Saint Paul's 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 1976.
On that list the school reported 878 K-12 students, which makes it the 7th-largest of 114 approved schools in the eight-parish area.
By enrollment it is the 2nd of 17 approved schools on the Northshore.
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 865 students, 66.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of about 13.0 to 1. The school reports membership in National Catholic Educational Association.
Grade 8 to grade 12 is 5 years at this school. Funded every year at 2026-27 levels, that is roughly $26,215 at the standard amount or $38,130 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.
Covering the rest
Archdiocesan high schools set their own tuition and run their own need-based aid, usually through FACTS. Ask whether the school applies LA GATOR before or after it calculates aid, and whether an STO scholarship can be layered on top. Alumni and parish-based scholarships are common and rarely advertised.
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Ask the admissions office
- Is the school registered with Odyssey as a LA GATOR school for 2026-27, and does it bill tuition quarterly to match the deposits?
- When is the placement test for 8th grade, and does the admission timeline fit the March LA GATOR window?
- 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?
- Do you take STO scholarships (ACE, Arete, Aspiring Scholars, Son of a Saint)? Which is applied first, LA GATOR or the STO award?
- Which dual-enrollment and AP courses can be paid from the account?
Nearest private schools
| School | Type | Grades | Distance | BESE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter Catholic School (Covington) | Catholic | PK-7 | 0.5 mi | ✓ |
| St. Scholastica Academy | Catholic | 8-12 | 0.6 mi | ✓ |
| Covington Montessori School | Montessori | PK-K | 0.7 mi | ✓ |
| Lakeview Maria Montessori Preschool | Montessori | PK-K | 1.0 mi | ✓ |
| Northlake Christian School | Christian | PK-12 | 1.6 mi | ✓ |
| Chesterton Academy of Divine Mercy | Catholic | 8-9 | 1.8 mi | — |
Straight-line distance between campus coordinates.