Cardinal Lacroix Academy
148 Belmont St. 1, Manchester, NH 03103Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 98
- Students per teacher
- 11.8
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Manchester center
- Under 1 mile
Can you use EFA here?
New Hampshire publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
Source: EFA official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Manchester, NH
- Boys and girls
- 48% boys, 52% girls
- Setting
- City
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 113 to 98, down 15 (13%)
- Path
- Peaked at 128 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 (17)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 (9)
- Average a grade
- About 14
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 168
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,130
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against New Hampshire
- 12 days shorter than the 180-day median of 123 schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- About the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 11.8 here; median 8.3 at 37 NH elementary schools
- Size in Hillsborough
- Larger than 14 of 25 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Cardinal Lacroix Academy tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Regional Jr High School | 7-8 | 106 | <1 |
| St. Augustin Preschool | PreK-K | 15 | <1 |
| Child Guidance Early Learning Center | PreK-K | 11 | 1 |
| Trinity High School | 9-12 | 327 | 1 |
| St. Benedict Academy | PreK-6 | 128 | 1 |
| Holycross Early Childhood Center | PreK-K | 6 | 2 |
| North End Montessori School | PreK-4 | 56 | 2 |
| Bedford Academy | PreK-5 | 49 | 2 |
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