Using LA GATOR at St. Paul's Episcopal School
LA GATOR can pay tuition at St. Paul's Episcopal 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 211 K-12 students plus 28 in pre-K, which makes it the 72nd-largest of 114 approved schools in the eight-parish area.
By enrollment it is the 24th of 42 approved schools within Orleans Parish; the nearest comparable schools with the same grade span and affiliation in the area are Trinity Episcopal School, St. George's Episcopal School, St. Andrew's Episcopal School. Its pre-K program (28 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 (2021-22) recorded 225 students, 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of about 8.7 to 1. The school reports membership in National Association of Episcopal Schools, National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).
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
Episcopal day schools award their own need-based aid. The order matters: a school that counts LA GATOR before calculating aid can leave you with a bigger balance than one that counts it after.
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Grade 9 options after St. Paul's Episcopal School
Approved schools serving grade 9, nearest first:
- Mount Carmel Academy (New Orleans, grades 8-12, all-girls, about 1 mi)
- Cabrini High School (New Orleans, grades 8-12, all-girls, about 2 mi)
- Holy Cross School (New Orleans, grades PK-12, all-boys, about 2 mi)
- Metairie Park Country Day School (Metairie, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
- Jesuit High School (New Orleans, grades 8-12, all-boys, about 2 mi)
- Life of Christ Christian Academy (New Orleans, grades PK-12, about 3 mi)
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?
- 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?
- Does a PK-4 seat guarantee a kindergarten seat, which is when the account can start?
Nearest private schools
| School | Type | Grades | Distance | BESE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Dominic School | Catholic | PK-7 | 0.1 mi | ✓ |
| Mount Carmel Academy | Catholic | 8-12 | 1.0 mi | ✓ |
| St. Louis King of France School | Catholic | PK-7 | 1.3 mi | ✓ |
| St. Pius X School | Catholic | PK-7 | 1.7 mi | ✓ |
| Cathedral Montessori School | Montessori | PK-6 | 1.8 mi | ✓ |
| Christian Brothers School | Catholic | PK-7 | 1.8 mi | ✓ |
Straight-line distance between campus coordinates.