Northside Christian School

LA GATOR at Northside Christian School

Louisiana's 2025-26 list of BESE-approved nonpublic schools includes Northside Christian School, with a classification of non-accredited. In LA GATOR terms that is the green light: an approved school can bill the account for tuition and required fees once it has registered in Odyssey for the year. The state does not publish which approved schools registered, so the office is the place to confirm it. The school's Brumfield v. Dodd approval, which any school serving state-funded students needs, is dated 1999.

The state list shows 105 K-12 students, which puts it at number 39 by enrollment among the 49 approved schools in the eight parishes that reported a figure. The state approval covers grades 8-12 under this site code; the federal record covers a pre-K-12 school at the same Crowley address.

Students arrive here at grade 8, so the account moves with them from another school. The nearest approved schools that end at grade 7 or 8 are St. Michael School, Rayne Catholic Elementary School, Our Mother of Peace School, Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School. A protected Louisiana Scholarship Program amount ends when a student leaves the school where the voucher was used; the standard tiers apply after a transfer.

It did not appear on the 2024-25 Tuition Donation Credit list, so a family hoping to add an STO scholarship should ask whether the school takes STO students for 2026-27. The LA GATOR award itself does not depend on it.

In the federal Private School Survey for 2023-24, the school reported 310 students, 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio near 13.6 students per teacher. Listed memberships: Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI). 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 grade 8 to grade 12, a student can spend 5 school years here. At 2026-27 award levels that adds up to about $26,215 on the standard award, $38,130 at the 250%-of-poverty level, and as much as $76,265 for a student served under IDEA. The Legislature sets funding each year, so use this to plan, not as a promise.

Covering the balance

Ask whether the school discounts for church members, siblings or staff, and whether it applies those discounts before or after the LA GATOR deposit. Ask which fees, such as books, technology and testing, are billed through Odyssey.

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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. Do you offer dual-enrollment courses with UL Lafayette or South Louisiana Community College, and how are they billed?
5. How far do your families drive, and is there a carpool from Lafayette or the next town over?

Nearby private schools

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