Gardere Community Christian School
8538 Gsri Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70810Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 110
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Baton Rouge center
- 6.1 miles
Can you use LA GATOR here?
Louisiana publishes no school list
- 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
- 9
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Setting
- Suburb
- State approval
- Approved for 2026-27; academic classification: approved, not 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
- 77 to 110, up 33 (43%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (95 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (29)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (7)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 9 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,550
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Louisiana
- 5 days shorter than the 177-day median of 273 schools we list
- School day, against Louisiana
- 115 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 5 minutes (272 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.2 here; median 11.5 at 128 LA elementary schools
- Size in East Baton Rouge Parish
- Larger than 14 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.
Gardere Community Christian School tuition, and what LA GATOR pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $6,500 to $24,230 a year, published by 4 private schools nearby. School by school
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
What would you pay at Gardere Community Christian School?
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Tuition and fees LA GATOR pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jude School | $7,810 | 2026-27 | 0.9 |
| Elan Vital Montessori School | $7,499 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
| Family Christian Academy | $6,500 to $7,500 | 2026-27 | 3.0 |
| The Dunham School | $20,860 to $24,230 | 2026-27 | 3.1 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Jude School | PreK-8 | 511 | <1 |
| Elan Vital Montessori School | PreK-1 | 6 | 2 |
| Montessori School of Baton Rouge | PreK-K | 13 | 3 |
| Family Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 158 | 3 |
| The Dunham School | PreK-12 | 713 | 3 |
| La Printaniere Montessori | PreK-5 | 37 | 4 |
| Trinity Episcopal Day School | PreK-5 | 83 | 5 |
| Bethany Christian School South Campus | PreK-9 | 96 | 5 |
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