Greater New Orleans Christian Academy
5220 Irving St., Metairie, LA 70006Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-10
- Students (K-12)
- 20
- Students per teacher
- 10
- Affiliation
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- From Metairie center
- 2.2 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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 2
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 35% boys, 65% 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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On its website
- School uniforms: gnoca.org, read October 14, 2026.
- What Greater New Orleans Christian Academy says on gnoca.org, read October 14, 2026.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 24 to 20, down 4 (17%)
- Path
- Fell in each survey (21 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (4)
- Smallest grade
- 5 grades (1 each)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 2
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
- Library or media center
- No
- 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
- 10 here; median 9.8 at 98 LA combined schools
- Size in Jefferson Parish
- Tied for smallest of 36
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.
Greater New Orleans Christian Academy tuition, and what LA GATOR pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $6,800 to $11,600 a year, published by 2 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 Greater New Orleans Christian Academy?
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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. Ann Catholic Elementary School | $6,800 | 2026-27 | 1.0 |
| Archbishop Chapelle High School | $11,600 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Baptist School | PreK-8 | 240 | <1 |
| St. Philip Neri School | PreK-7 | 505 | <1 |
| St. Ann Catholic Elementary School | PreK-7 | 668 | 1 |
| Atonement Lutheran School | PreK-8 | 156 | 1 |
| Archbishop Chapelle High School | 8-12 | 667 | 2 |
| Crescent City Christian School | PreK-12 | 268 | 2 |
| St. Clement of Rome School | PreK-7 | 341 | 2 |
| Lutheran High School of Greater New Orleans | 9-12 | 69 | 2 |
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