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Oak Forest Academy

600 Walnut St., Amite, LA 70422Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Grades
PreK-12
Students (K-12)
717
Students per teacher
15.6
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
From Hammond center
16.2 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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
47
Student body
Coeducational
Boys and girls
51% boys, 49% girls
Go on to a 4-year college
76%
Setting
Rural
State approval
Approved for 2026-27; academic classification: accredited; approval to operate, not the LA GATOR list

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

676 2021-22 717 2023-24
2021-22 to 2023-24
676 to 717, up 41 (6%)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

88 PK 62 K 65 1 62 2 47 3 55 4 52 5 40 6 54 7 60 8 53 9 62 10 58 11 47 12
Largest grade
Grade 1 (65)
Smallest grade
Grade 6 (40)
Average a grade, high school included
About 55

The school year

Days in the school year
172
Length of the school day
7 hours 20 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,260
Kindergarten
Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
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
15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 5 minutes (272 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 15.6 LA median 9.8
Students per teacher
Students per teacher
15.6 here; median 9.8 at 98 LA combined schools

Student body, 2023-24

White 96% Hispanic 2% Black under 1% Asian under 1% Two or more races under 1% American Indian under 1%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Oak Forest Academy tuition, and what LA GATOR pays

Published tuition
On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 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

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Mater Dolorosa Catholic SchoolPreK-814510.8Roman Catholic7
Trafton Academy at HammondPreK-821914.6Nonsectarian14
St. Thomas Aquinas Diocesan Regional High SchoolNot in the federal survey14
Emmanuel SDA SchoolPreK-8385.1Seventh-Day Adventist16
Holy Ghost SchoolPreK-856013.7Roman Catholic16
Oaks Montessori SchoolUngraded385.4Nonsectarian18
St. Joseph SchoolPreK-849415.4Roman Catholic21
Archbishop Hannan High School8-1269414.6Roman Catholic27

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