North and west of Lafayette, on the Cajun prairie, the private school map is a parish Catholic school in nearly every town plus a Christian academy or two. Several of the Catholic schools run all the way through grade 12, so a family in Opelousas, Eunice, Ville Platte or Abbeville can stay on one campus from kindergarten to graduation.
Sacred Heart School
Ville Platte
School details →CatholicVermilion Catholic
Abbeville
School details →CatholicOpelousas Catholic School
Opelousas
School details →CatholicSt. Edmund Catholic School
Eunice
School details →ChristianWestminster Christian Academy (Opelousas)
Opelousas
School details →CatholicSt. Michael School
Crowley
School details →CatholicNotre Dame High School
Crowley
School details →CatholicRayne Catholic Elementary School
Rayne
School details →CatholicOur Mother of Peace School
Church Point
School details →ChristianNorthside Christian School
Crowley
School details →| School | Type | City | Grades | LA GATOR tuition | K-12 students* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of the Sacred Heart | Catholic | Grand Coteau | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 369 |
| Family Worship Christian Academy | Christian | Opelousas | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 192 |
| Good Shepherd Montessori School | Montessori | Port Barre | PK-K | ✓ BESE-approved | 3 |
| Harvest Time Christian Academy 103 Robert Wells Road | Christian | Abbeville | PK-12 | Not approved | 126 |
| Maltrait Memorial School 612 North Hebert Avenue | Catholic | Kaplan | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 81 |
| Northside Christian School 809 East Northern Avenue | Christian | Crowley | 8-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 105 |
| Notre Dame High School 910 North Eastern Avenue | Catholic | Crowley | 9-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 307 |
| Opelousas Catholic School 428 East Prudhomme Street | Catholic | Opelousas | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 458 |
| Our Mother of Peace School 218 North Rogers Street | Catholic | Church Point | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 168 |
| Rayne Catholic Elementary School 407 South Polk Street | Catholic | Rayne | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 200 |
| Sacred Heart School 161 Bourgeois Street | Catholic | Ville Platte | K-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 706 |
| St. Edmund Catholic School 351 West Magnolia Avenue | Catholic | Eunice | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 432 |
| St. Francis School 490 St. Joseph Avenue | Catholic | Iota | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 89 |
| St. Ignatius School | Catholic | Grand Coteau | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 302 |
| St. Michael School 805 East Northern Avenue | Catholic | Crowley | PK-8 | ✓ BESE-approved | 405 |
| Vermilion Catholic 425 Park Avenue | Catholic | Abbeville | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 490 |
| Westminster Christian Academy (Opelousas) 186 Westminster Drive | Christian | Opelousas | PK-12 | ✓ BESE-approved | 415 |
* 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.
Parish by parish
- Acadia Parish: St. Michael School (405 K-12, grades PK-8), Notre Dame High School (307 K-12, grades 9-12), Rayne Catholic Elementary School (200 K-12, grades PK-8), Our Mother of Peace School (168 K-12, grades PK-8), Northside Christian School (105 K-12, grades 8-12), St. Francis School (89 K-12, grades PK-8)
- Evangeline Parish: Sacred Heart School (706 K-12, grades K-12)
- St. Landry Parish: Opelousas Catholic School (458 K-12, grades PK-12), St. Edmund Catholic School (432 K-12, grades PK-12), Westminster Christian Academy (Opelousas) (415 K-12, grades PK-12), Academy of the Sacred Heart (369 K-12, grades PK-12), St. Ignatius School (302 K-12, grades PK-8), Family Worship Christian Academy (192 K-12, grades PK-12), Good Shepherd Montessori School (3 K-12, grades PK-K)
- Vermilion Parish: Vermilion Catholic (490 K-12, grades PK-12), Maltrait Memorial School (81 K-12, grades PK-8)
A K-12 school in most county seats
Opelousas, Eunice, Ville Platte and Abbeville each have a Catholic school that carries students through grade 12, and Grand Coteau has the Academy of the Sacred Heart, which the federal survey records as an all-girls school and as a member of the National Association of Independent Schools. Crowley takes the other route: parish elementary schools feed Notre Dame High School, a grades 9-12 Catholic high school.
STO coverage is strongest out here
11 of the 16 approved schools in these four parishes were on the 2024-25 Tuition Donation Credit list, a much higher share than in Lafayette Parish. For a family at or under 250% of the poverty line, that makes stacking an STO scholarship on top of the $7,626 award a realistic plan at most schools on this page.
The drive to Lafayette
Many families in Scott, Rayne and Carencro already cross parish lines for school, and the account does not care which parish you live in. If no approved school fits within reach, a home-based year built on an online program plus funded tutoring is the other way to use the award; the home-based page explains the registration rule first.
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