Episcopal School of Acadiana (Lafayette lower campus)

LA GATOR at Episcopal School of Acadiana (Lafayette lower campus)

On the 2025-26 BESE-approved nonpublic list, Episcopal School of Acadiana (Lafayette lower campus) is classified accredited. Approval is what makes the school eligible for LA GATOR tuition at all; the yearly sign-up in Odyssey is separate and is worth confirming with the school before you budget on it. The school's Brumfield v. Dodd approval, which any school serving state-funded students needs, is dated 2022.

The state list shows 196 K-12 students and 52 pre-K children, which puts it at number 33 by enrollment among the 49 approved schools in the eight parishes that reported a figure. This is the Lafayette lower-school campus of the Episcopal School of Acadiana; the middle and upper school (grades 6-12) is approved separately under its Cade site code.

The school ends at grade 5, and the account goes with your child to the next approved school that admits them. The closest approved schools enrolling grade 6 are Ascension Episcopal School, Westminster Christian Academy (Lafayette), Episcopal School of Acadiana, Vermilion Catholic.

It was also on the state's 2024-25 Tuition Donation Credit list. For a household at or under 250% of the federal poverty level, that means an STO scholarship can be added after LA GATOR, with the two together capped at the school's actual tuition and fees.

In the federal Private School Survey for 2021-22, the school reported 223 students, 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio near 11.2 students per teacher. The federal and state counts were taken in different years and cover different grade ranges, so they do not match.

Adding up the funded years

From kindergarten to grade 5, a student can spend 6 school years here. At 2026-27 award levels that adds up to about $31,458 on the standard award, $45,756 at the 250%-of-poverty level, and as much as $91,518 for a student served under IDEA. The Legislature sets funding each year, so use this to plan, not as a promise. The pre-K years are not covered; eligibility starts at age 5.

Covering the balance

Episcopal schools here run their own need-based aid. Ask whether the aid office counts your LA GATOR award before it decides your grant, because that order changes what you pay.

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What to ask the school office

1. Have you registered in Odyssey for 2026-27, and how do you bill against the four quarterly deposits?
2. What is the full cost for my child's grade, fees included, and what would a family on $5,243 or $7,626 still owe?
3. Will you take an STO scholarship for 2026-27, and do you apply it after LA GATOR?
4. Where did your most recent grade 5 class go next?
5. Does a pre-K place carry into kindergarten, the first year the account can pay?

Nearby private schools

Straight-line distance from federal campus coordinates; road distance across the Atchafalaya basin and the bayous is longer.