List of schools in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Last updated May 28, 2024

This is a list of schools in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Public schools

See Jefferson Parish Public Schools

Private schools

K-12

Crescent City Christian School (CCCS) - Metairie - Formed from the merger of Crescent City Baptist High School (originally Mid-City Baptist High School) and Celebration Christian School (K-8).^[1]
Conquering Word Christian Academy (CWCA) - Marrero - It previously had two campuses, one in Marrero and one in Metairie. From 2013-2014 to 2014-2015, the enrollment at the Marrero campus declined by 52% and the Metairie campus closed, with the latter having fewer than 10 students.^[2] The school was affected by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Gustav.^[3] Principal Carolyn Treaudo pleaded guilty to misleading the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) into giving her money for an ineligible building after Gustav.^[4] It accepts school vouchers.^[2]
John Curtis Christian School (River Ridge)
Knights Academy & High School - Circa 2015 it faced a significant enrollment decrease of over 10% from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015.^[2]
St. Martin's Episcopal School (Metairie)
St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners - Metairie - Established 2019, replacing Holy Rosary School and Our Lady of Divine Providence School; it occupies the former campus of the latter school.^[5]
Metairie Park Country Day School^[6]^{[ circular reference ]}

High schools

The Academy of Our Lady (Marrero)
Archbishop Chapelle High School (Metairie)
Archbishop Rummel High School (Metairie)
Archbishop Shaw High School (Marrero)
Lutheran High School of Greater New Orleans (Metairie)^[7] - This private school is approved by the state of Louisiana. From 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 enrollment increased by 47%; of the state-approved private schools in Jefferson it had the highest increase in percentage of students for that period. It accepts school vouchers.^[2]

K-8 schools

Islamic School of Greater New Orleans (ISGNO) (Kenner)^[8] It faced a significant enrollment decrease of over 10% from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015.^[2]
Torah Academy of New Orleans (Metairie) It was established sometime before 1995, and moved into a permanent facility in 1994. It reached a then-peak enrollment of 60 by 2005, but Hurricane Katrina destroyed its school building. It resumed operations with a reduced number of students and staff and less funding the following year. It temporarily operated out a Catholic school building and the Chabad Jewish Center. Della Hasselle of The Advocate wrote that Torah "struggled just to survive after Hurricane Katrina."^[9] In 2014 the current 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m²), eight classroom, $5.7 million school facility, built on the site of the previous building, opened. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds were used to build the building. The facility has an auditorium, a gymnasium, two kitchens, and a play area.^[9] Circa 2015 it faced a significant enrollment decrease of over 10%.^[2] In 2016 it had 70 students, a new peak enrollment.^[9]

K-7 schools

Academy of Our Lady (Marrero) - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 increased by 3%.^[2]
Christ the King Parish School (Terrytown) - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 decreased by 15%.^[2]
Immaculate Conception School (Marrero)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School (Kenner) - 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.^[10] Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 increased by 8%.^[2]
Our Lady of Prompt Succor School (Westwego) - 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%.^[2]
St. Angela Merici School (Metairie)
St. Ann School (Metairie)
St. Anthony School (Gretna)
St. Benilde (Metairie)
St. Catherine of Siena School (Metairie)
St. Christopher School (Metairie)
St. Clement of Rome School (Metairie)
St. Cletus School (Gretna)
St. Edward the Confessor School (Metairie)
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School (Kenner)
St. Francis Xavier School (Metairie)
St. Louis, King of France (Metairie) - 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.^[11]
St. Mary Magdalene School (Metairie)
St. Matthew the Apostle School (River Ridge)
St. Philip Neri School (Metairie)
St. Rita School (Harahan)
St. Rosalie School (Harvey)
Visitation of Our Lady School (Marrero)

Elementary schools

Jewish Community Day School (Metairie) - It is within the Goldring-Woldenberg Jewish Community Campus.^[12]As of 2020^[update] it has about 80 students.^[13]

Former 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
Our Lady of Divine Providence School (Metairie) - Grades PK-7 - Its enrollment from 2013-2014 to 2014-2015 decreased by 20%.^[2] Circa 2014 it had 211 students. In 2019 it had 167 students.^[14] It closed in 2019, replaced by St. Thérèse Academy for Exceptional Learners, which occupies the former Our Lady of Divine Providence.^[5]
St. Agnes School (Jefferson) - It was created in 1941.^[15] The school accepted school vouchers.^[16] 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.^[2] In 2014 it had 161 students,^[17] and then in 2015, its year of closure, it had 125 students. Principal Michael Buras stated that the school community gained an acceptance that the school will close.^[18]As of 2020^[update] Jefferson Chamber Foundation Academy (JCFA) maintains a charter school for non-traditional students in the building.^[15]
Faith Christian Academy (Marrero) - It had 44 students when it closed circa 2014.^[2]

Related Research Articles

Jefferson Parish is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 440,781. Its parish seat is Gretna, its largest community is Metairie, and its largest incorporated city is Kenner. Jefferson Parish is included in the Greater New Orleans area.

Gretna is the second-largest city in, and parish seat of, Jefferson Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Gretna lies on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just east and across the river from uptown New Orleans. It is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 17,814 at the 2020 U.S. census.

Harvey is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. Harvey is on the south side of the Mississippi River, within the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The majority-minority population was 20,348 at the 2010 census, down from 22,226 at the 2000 census. The 2020 census determined 22,236 people lived in the CDP.

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Archbishop Rummel High School is a Catholic, Lasallian secondary school for boys located in Metairie, a community in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The school is named after Archbishop Joseph Rummel, a former Archbishop in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

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↑ "Welcome to CCCS". Crescent City Christian School . Retrieved 2020-05-27.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Williams, Jessica (2015-04-02). "Private school enrollment down 4% in Jefferson Parish". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.
↑ Rainey, Richard (2020-04-16). "Christian school in Metairie, Marrero, doctored records to collect FEMA aid after Katrina, Gustav, report says". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.
↑ Hunter, Michelle (2015-03-19). "Marrero private school principal pleads guilty to $94,840 FEMA fraud". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.
1 2 Williams, Jessica (2019-01-16). "Divine Providence, Holy Rosary schools to close; new campus for special-needs students to open". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-29.
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1 2 3 Hasselle, Della (2018-09-09). "Torah Academy celebrates 'renaissance' in New Orleans Jewish education with record enrollment". The Advocate . Retrieved 2020-05-27.
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[1] "Welcome to CCCS". Crescent City Christian School . Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[WilliamsPrivateschoolenrollmentdown-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Williams, Jessica (2015-04-02). "Private school enrollment down 4% in Jefferson Parish". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[3] Rainey, Richard (2020-04-16). "Christian school in Metairie, Marrero, doctored records to collect FEMA aid after Katrina, Gustav, report says". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[4] Hunter, Michelle (2015-03-19). "Marrero private school principal pleads guilty to $94,840 FEMA fraud". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[WilliamsDivineHolyRosary-5] 1 2 Williams, Jessica (2019-01-16). "Divine Providence, Holy Rosary schools to close; new campus for special-needs students to open". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-29.

[6] Metairie Park Country Day School

[7] "Contact Us".

[8] "Uniform Policy 2019-2020" (PDF). Islamic School of Greater New Orleans. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[HasselleTorah-9] 1 2 3 Hasselle, Della (2018-09-09). "Torah Academy celebrates 'renaissance' in New Orleans Jewish education with record enrollment". The Advocate . Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[10] "History". Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[11] "About". St. Louis, King of France School. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2020-05-29. - Click the "history" tab for history.

[12] "Our Story". Jewish Community Day School. Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[13] Hasselle, Della (2020-03-13). "Jewish Community Day School announces plans to close for 2 weeks as coronavirus cases rise". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-27.

[LaRosetwoCatholic-14] LaRose, Greg (2019-01-17). "Two Catholic schools in Metairie, New Orleans to close; new one to emerge with new mission". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-29.

[StAgnesSchoolJefferson-15] 1 2 "School". Jefferson, Louisiana: St. Agnes Church. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[Williamsmuchdisc-16] Williams, Jessica (2014-10-24). "Much discussion around New Orleans-area Catholic school closures, but some parents say not with them". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[Chalderthreeschools-17] "Closing of 3 New Orleans-area schools to displace hundreds of students in 2015". The Times Picayune . 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

[18] Williams, Jessica (2015-05-14). "St. Agnes School at peace with closure, principal tells newspaper". The Times Picayune . Retrieved 2020-05-26.

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