Central Private School
12801 Centerra Ct, Baker, LA 70714Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 605
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Baton Rouge center
- 9.5 miles
Can you use LA GATOR here?
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- About the list
- How the LA GATOR list works
- Applying
- The 2026-27 window was short: March 1 to 16, 2026.
Source: LA GATOR 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
- 53
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 51% boys, 49% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 25%
- Setting
- Rural
- State approval
- Approved for 2026-27; academic classification: accredited; approval to operate, not the LA GATOR list
- State approval: the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
- 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
- 368 to 605, up 237 (64%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (461 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 7 (56)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (37)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 47
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,440
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Louisiana
- 3 days longer than the 177-day median of 273 schools we list
- School day, against Louisiana
- 55 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 5 minutes (272 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 11.7 here; median 9.8 at 98 LA combined schools
- Size in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Larger than 28 of 36 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.
Central Private School tuition, and what LA GATOR pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Louisiana LA GATOR Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- $5,243 to $7,626 per student in 2025-26, by household income
- How it varies
- These are the 2025-26 amounts; the state had not posted 2026-27 amounts when we checked. Families at or below 250% of the poverty level get the higher amount. Students with disabilities can receive up to $15,253 at or below 250% of the poverty level, and up to $12,870 above it.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Alphonsus Liguori School | PreK-8 | 377 | 4 |
| Victory Christian Academy | PreK-8 | 258 | 6 |
| Zachary Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 103 | 7 |
| Martin Luther King Jr Christian Academy | PreK-8 | 54 | 7 |
| Redemptorist St. Gerard Elementary | PreK-8 | 228 | 7 |
| Brighter Horizon School | PreK-12 | 125 | 8 |
| Jehovah-Jireh Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 93 | 8 |
| St. Thomas More Catholic School | PreK-8 | 525 | 8 |
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