This is a list of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans. They are not all operated by the archdiocese. There are 5 universities or colleges and over 20 high schools within the archdiocese.
As per a 2013 strategic plan the New Orleans Archdiocese allows affiliated schools to either be grade PK-7 combined elementary and middle schools (similar to a K-8 school), grade 8-12 senior high schools, or full K-12 schools. As per the plan the standalone middle schools and combined middle and high schools were to reconfigure themselves. The new configurations were to be effective for the 2015-2016 school year. 37 schools were to be affected by the grade reconfiguration. The archdiocese planned to end affiliation with any school that did not comply with the grade configuration regime.
Universities and colleges New Orleans (Orleans Parish) Loyola University New OrleansLoyola University New Orleans Notre Dame SeminaryNotre Dame Seminary Our Lady of Holy Cross College Xavier University of LouisianaXavier University of Louisiana
St. Tammany Parish Saint Joseph Seminary CollegeSaint Joseph Seminary College (Covington)
K-12 schools All Female Academy of the Sacred Heart - Uptown Saint Mary's Academy - New Orleans East - Has separate PK -7 girls' school, grade 4-7 boys' school - and 8-12 girls' school St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners - Gentilly - Established 2019, replacing Holy Rosary School and Our Lady of Divine Providence School. It occupied the site of OLDP, then moved a few miles down the road to the former building of St. Mary Magdalene.Current location is Gentilly. Ursuline Academy - Uptown - all-female
All Male Holy Cross School - Gentilly; former location in Lower 9th Ward - relocated due to heavy damages from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
High schools (Grades 8th - 12th)
New Orleans (Orleans Parish)
All Male St. Augustine High School - Tremé Brother Martin High School - Gentilly Jesuit High School - Mid-City
All-Female Cabrini High School - Bayou St. John Mount Carmel Academy - Lakeview St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School - Uptown St. Mary's Dominican High School - Uptown
Co-Ed De La Salle High School - originally all-male, became co-ed in 1992 after accepting female students from the nearby and recently closed Mercy Academy
Jefferson Parish Marrero The Academy of Our Lady - all-female Archbishop Shaw High School - all-male
Metairie Archbishop Chapelle High School - all-female Archbishop Rummel High School - all-male
St. John the Baptist Parish St. Charles Catholic High School - LaPlace - co-ed
St. Tammany Parish Covington Archbishop Hannan High School - co-ed; original location in Mereaux, LA, relocation due to Hurricane Katrina St. Paul's School - all-male St. Scholastica Academy - all-female
Slidell Pope John Paul II Catholic High School - co-ed
K-7 schools 8th Grade Sometime in the 1980's, Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese slowly began adding 8th grade to their curriculum. Over the years, other high schools within the Archdiocese also began to add 8th grade as more students and parents became interested in the idea of their child effectively starting high school early. This practice became so popular that many grammar schools began to suffer a significant decrease in enrollment amongst their 8th-grade classes. In 2014, the office of Catholic schools decided to restructure their schools and ordered all Catholic high schools to add 8th grade. In addition, all grammar schools were required to drop their 8th-grade programs and add pre-kindergarten programs. All stand-alone Catholic middle schools, such as Christian Brothers and Stuart Hall, and schools that started in grades 5th, 6th, or 7th - like Holy Cross (5th-12th), St Augustine (7th-12th), and Brother Martin (7th-12th), were required to either add lower grades or begin in 8th grade like the other high schools. K-12 schools were able to keep their established grades. This change became effective by the start of the 2015-2016 school year. https://www.wdsu.com/article/8th-grade-moving-into-new-orleans-catholic-high-schools/2838323
Brother Martin and St. Augustine agreed to drop their 7th-grade programs, while Holy Cross decided to become a PK-12 school.
Many schools and parents were hesitant about this new plan, as some thought it was just a money grab, and also feared the possible fate of many schools.
New Orleans
Christian Brothers SchoolOwned by Christian Brothers of the New Orleans-Santa Fe Province "Frequently Asked Questions" Christian Brothers School. September 23, 2009. Includes two campuses: Canal Street Campus (former St. Anthony of Padua School) in Mid-City, and the City Park (original) campus. The school has a PK-4 coeducational elementary school at the Canal Street campus, an all girls' 5-7 middle school on Canal Street, and an all boys' 5-7 middle school in City Park. It first opened in 1967. Previously Christian Brothers only had middle school and was all boys. In 2013 the archdiocese stated that it would no longer permit combined middle and high schools and standalone middle schools. In 2014 Christian Brothers and St. Anthony of Padua School announced they would merge effective fall 2016. In 2014 it had 360 students. Good Shepherd Nativity Mission Holy Name of Jesus School Resurrection of Our Lord School St. Alphonsus School St. Andrew the Apostle School St. Benedict the Moor School St. Dominic School St. Joan of Arc School
St. Leo the Great St. Pius X School St. Rita School (closed as of Summer 2022) St. Stephen School - In Uptown New Orleans Stuart Hall School
Jefferson Parish
Gretna St. Anthony School - It was established in 1954. St. Cletus School
Harahan St. Rita School - It opened in 1953.
Harvey St. Rosalie School
Kenner Our Lady of Perpetual Help School - The school, the parish school of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, opened in 1928. In 1951 an annex to the school opened. Another building with classrooms and a gymnasium was dedicated in 1956, and the current school building was dedicated in 1961. The Mercy Center, which houses school offices and a library, gymnasium, and a dedicated room for music classes, was dedicated in August 2004. Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 increased by 8%. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - It opened in August 1984.
Marrero Academy of Our Lady - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 increased by 3%. Immaculate Conception School Visitation of Our Lady School
Metairie St. Angela Merici School St. Ann School St. Benilde St. Catherine of Siena School St. Christopher School St. Clement of Rome School St. Edward the Confessor School St. Francis Xavier School St. Louis, King of France - On September 7, 1953, the school opened. Its initial enrollment was 40 students. Its peak enrollment was 1,500, though its initial enrollment was 40. The population decreased after new churches were established. - Click the "history" tab for history. St. Philip Neri Catholic School
River Ridge St. Matthew the Apostle School - The school opened in September 1960, with an educational building with 16 classrooms. In August 1962 another structure for classes opened, serving alongside the 1960 facility. In 1999 the current dining hall was built.
Terrytown Christ the King Parish School - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 decreased by 15%.
Westwego Our Lady of Prompt Succor School - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 increased by 22%; it is the only school in the parish with an enrollment increase of over 10%.
Plaquemines Parish Belle Chasse Our Lady of Perpetual Help School - In 2018 it was establishing a program for students with moderate disabilities.
St. Bernard Parish Chalmette Our Lady Of Prompt Succor School
St. Charles Parish Destrehan St. Charles Borromeo School
St. John the Baptist Parish Laplace Ascension of Our Lord School St. Joan of Arc School
Reserve St. Peter School
St. Tammany Parish Covington St. Peter Catholic School
Mandeville Mary Queen of Peace School Our Lady of the Lake School
Slidell Our Lady of Lourdes School St. Margaret Mary School
Washington Parish Bogalusa Annunciation School
Others New Orleans (Orleans Parish) St. Michael's Special School - school for special populations Head Start Programs https://www.ccano.org/head-start-program/ St. Mary of the Angels (Algiers) St. John the Baptist (Lower Garden District) St. Paul the Apostle (NO East) Incarnate Word (Uptown)
Jefferson Parish Hope Haven Special School (Marrero)
Former Schools In 1962 there were 153 Catholic schools. In 2000 the system had 52,500 students, in 106 schools. The number of schools was the same in 2003.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 affected enrollment, with the system losing about 500 students annually, until the 2013, when there were 38,000 students, a 28% decline from the figure in 2000. The enrollment decline from 2003 to 2013 was 25%. The number of schools had declined to 84 in 2013. In the period 2003-2013 22 schools had closed.
In 2012 the archdiocese announced that it would consider closing grade schools with enrollments under 200 and identified 15 schools that it may close, although it did not, at the time, state which ones they were. In 2014 the archdiocese chose to close three schools effective 2015. 50 employees and 507 students were affected. the archdiocese initiates a discussion on whether to close a Catholic grade school if the number of its students falls below 200.
Jefferson Parish Former High Schools Archbishop Blenk High School - merged in 2007 into The Academy of Our Lady Immaculata High School - merged in 2007 into The Academy of Our Lady
Former Grammar Schools Our Lady of Divine Providence School (Metairie) - Grades PK-7 - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 decreased by 20%. Circa 2014 it had 211 students. In 2019 it had 167 students. It closed in 2019, replaced by St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners, which occupies the former Our Lady of Divine Providence. St. Agnes School (Jefferson) - It was created in 1941, and closed in 2015. From the 2013-2014 school year to the 2014-2015 school year enrollment declined by 27%, the most severe of any Catholic school in the parish. In 2014 it had 161 students, and then in 2015 it had 125 students. Principal Michael Buras stated that the school community gained an acceptance that the school will close. The school accepted school vouchers. Jefferson Chamber Foundation Academy (JCFA) maintains a charter school for non-traditional students in the building. St. Jerome School (Kenner, LA) - closed in 1971 St. Lawrence the Martyr (Metairie, LA) - closed at the end of the 1999 school year https://www.thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=cher19990204-01.2.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------- St. Mary Magdalene (Metairie, LA) - closed in 2022 https://stmarymagdalenchurch.com/about-us
New Orleans (Orleans Parish) Former High Schools Academy of the Holy Angels - all-female, grades 9th-12th; closed in 1992 due to declining enrollment https://clarionherald.org/news/175-years-legacy-of-the-holy-cross Annunciation High School - The parish high school of Annunciation Church, it opened in 1932 and closed in 1971. Holy Rosary School - co-ed (K-12) - Closed in 2019 St. John Vianney Prep - closed in 1985 St. Joseph's Academy - all-girls, grades 9th thru 12th; merged with Sacred Heart in 1975 to form Seton Academy https://www.nola.com/news/education/6-more-closed-high-schools-of-new-orleans-vintage-photos/article_95845686-e39b-5c35-8c3b-df37a6738e61.html; the school's former location was used for Redeemer-Seton and then eventually Holy Cross High School Mercy Academy - grades 9-12, closed in 1992 https://clarionherald.org/news/mercy-legacy-lives-on-after-academy-torn-down