Schools along Bayou Teche: Iberia, St. Martin and St. Mary parishes
From Breaux Bridge and Cade down through New Iberia, Franklin and Morgan City, the Teche parishes have an approved school list that is small but unusually complete: a Catholic high school in New Iberia that starts at grade 4, the middle and upper school of the Episcopal School of Acadiana, two K-12 Christian schools, a tribal school at Charenton and a Catholic K-12 school in Morgan City that belongs to a different diocese..
From Breaux Bridge and Cade down through New Iberia, Franklin and Morgan City, the Teche parishes have an approved school list that is small but unusually complete: a Catholic high school in New Iberia that starts at grade 4, the middle and upper school of the Episcopal School of Acadiana, two K-12 Christian schools, a tribal school at Charenton and a Catholic K-12 school in Morgan City that belongs to a different diocese.
Catholic High School
New Iberia
School details →CatholicCentral Catholic School
Morgan City
School details →CatholicSt. Bernard School
Breaux Bridgee
School details →ChristianAcadiana Christian School
New Iberia
School details →BaptistHighland Baptist Christian School
New Iberia
School details →CatholicSt. Edward School
New Iberia
School details →CatholicHanson Memorial School
Franklin
School details →| School | Type | City | Grades | LA GATOR tuition | K-12 students* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadiana Christian School 4219 East Admiral Doyle Drive | Christian | New Iberia | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 302 |
| Catholic High School 1301 Delasalle Drive | Catholic | New Iberia | 4-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 622 |
| Central Catholic School 2100 Cedar Street | Catholic | Morgan City | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 505 |
| Chitimacha Tribal School | Tribal school | Charenton | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 0 |
| Epiphany Day School 120 Jefferson Street | Episcopal | New Iberia | PK-5 | Not approved | 37 |
| Episcopal School of Acadiana | Episcopal | Cade | 6-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 251 |
| Evangel House Christian Academy | Assembly of God | St. Martinville | 6-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 18 |
| Hanson Memorial School 903 Anderson Street | Catholic | Franklin | 6-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 150 |
| Highland Baptist Christian School 708 Angers Street | Baptist | New Iberia | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 295 |
| Immanuel Christian School | Christian | Morgan City | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 96 |
| Louisiana Christian School 1545 Anse Broussard Highway | Christian | Breaux Bridgee | PK-12 | Not approved | 74 |
| St. Bernard School 251 East Bridge Street | Catholic | Breaux Bridgee | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 396 |
| St. Edward School 175 Porter Street | Catholic | New Iberia | PK-3 | ✓ BESE-approved | 228 |
| St. John Elementary School | Catholic | Franklin | PK-5 | ✓ BESE-approved | 135 |
| St. Stephen Early Learning Center 3217 2nd Street | Catholic | Berwick | PK-K | ✓ BESE-approved | 14 |
* K-12 enrollment on the state's 2025-26 BESE approval list; federal survey enrollment for schools not on that list. "BESE-approved" means the school can accept LA GATOR tuition if it registers in Odyssey for the year. "Not approved" schools can't be paid tuition from the account.
New Iberia has the most choice
Iberia Parish has four approved schools and all four were on the 2024-25 STO list: Catholic High School, Acadiana Christian School, Highland Baptist Christian School, St. Edward School. Catholic High School starts at grade 4, which is unusual on this list; the other Catholic high schools in the eight parishes begin at grade 6 or grade 9. St. Edward School runs pre-K through grade 3, so the two together cover the Catholic path in town. The federal survey also lists Epiphany Day School, an Episcopal pre-K-5 school in New Iberia, which is not on the 2025-26 BESE-approved list.
St. Martin Parish
St. Bernard School in Breaux Bridge is the parish's largest approved school, a pre-K-8 Catholic school. The Episcopal School of Acadiana's middle and upper school in Cade is approved for grades 6-12 and was on the STO list. The federal survey lists Louisiana Christian School in Breaux Bridge, which does not appear on the state approval list.
St. Mary Parish and Morgan City
Hanson Memorial School in Franklin covers grades 6-12 and St. John Elementary in Franklin covers pre-K-5. Central Catholic School in Morgan City runs pre-K through 12; Morgan City is the one part of the eight parishes that belongs to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux rather than the Diocese of Lafayette. The Chitimacha Tribal School at Charenton is on the approved list as non-accredited approved and reported no enrollment to the state.
What to ask down the bayou
Several schools here are small, and families in Franklin, Berwick or Morgan City often weigh a short drive against a long one to New Iberia or Lafayette. Ask how many students are in your child's grade, whether there is a carpool from your direction, and, at the two Catholic schools that end at grade 5 or 8, where most of their students go next.
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