Private Schools

Private Schools in Metairie, Louisiana

19 private schools in Metairie, Louisiana with at least 30 students answered the 2023-24 federal survey. Together they enroll 6,944 students: 12 Catholic, 6 other religious and 1 nonsectarian. 7 schools go through high school grades.

Schools listed

Go through high school

Median enrollment

291

Median students per teacher

12.3

Private schools in Metairie, Louisiana

Largest first. Students per teacher is the school’s own report.

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
St Catherine of Siena	PK–7	736	13.7	Catholic
Metairie Park Country Day School	PK–12	678	6.9	Nonsectarian
St Ann Catholic Elementary School	PK–7	668	18.6	Catholic
Archbishop Chapelle High SchoolGirls	8–12	667	13.8	Catholic
Archbishop Rummel High SchoolBoys	8–12	651	13	Catholic
St Philip Neri School	PK–7	505	15.8	Catholic
St Martin's Episcopal School	PK–12	348	8.6	Episcopal
St Clement of Rome School	PK–7	341	13.1	Catholic
St Francis Xavier Catholic School	PK–7	315	12.3	Catholic
St Christopher School	PK–7	291	13.3	Catholic
St Angela Merici School	PK–7	282	11.8	Catholic
St Edward the Confessor School	PK–7	273	8.9	Catholic
Crescent City Christian School	PK–12	268	11.2	Christian
Memorial Baptist School	PK–8	240	10.9	Baptist
St Benilde School	PK–7	230	14.4	Catholic
St Therese Academy	PK–12	164	7.1	Catholic
Atonement Lutheran School	PK–8	156	12.7	Lutheran
Lutheran High School of Greater New Orleans	9–12	69	9.1	Lutheran
Jewish Community Day School	PK–6	62	6	Jewish

Getting in, and keeping up

Private school entrance exams: format, scoring, and dates for the ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT.
LEAP 2025 practice tests and score levels, the test public schools in Louisiana give.
Using a 529 plan for K-12 tuition and tutoring.
Colleges in Louisiana, for families already looking ahead.

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Frequently asked questions

How many private schools are in Metairie, Louisiana?

19 private schools in Metairie, Louisiana with at least 30 students answered the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe Survey. Schools that did not answer are not counted, so the real number is higher.

What is the largest private school in Metairie, Louisiana?

Among schools that answered the survey, St Catherine of Siena in Metairie is the largest, with 736 students in grades PK–7.

How big are classes at private schools in Metairie, Louisiana?

The survey reports students per teacher, not class size. The median private school in Metairie, Louisiana has 12.3 students per teacher and 291 students in total.

Do private schools require an entrance exam?

Many independent schools ask for the ISEE or SSAT, and many Catholic high schools use the HSPT. Each school sets its own rule, so check the admissions page of every school on your list.

Source: NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2023-24 public-use data file, National Center for Education Statistics. Schools that answered the survey and enrolled at least 30 students. Amish schools are left out. Schools report their own figures, and a school that did not answer the survey does not appear.