St. Peter Chanel School
2590 la 44, Paulina, LA 70763Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-7
- Students (K-12)
- 254
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Thibodaux center
- 17.2 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
- 22
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Baton Rouge, LA
- Boys and girls
- 44% boys, 56% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- 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
- 226 to 254, up 28 (12%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (227 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (47)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (13)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,420
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Louisiana
- 1 day 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
- 11.5 here; median 11.5 at 128 LA elementary schools
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.
St. Peter Chanel School 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
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter School | PreK-7 | 62 | 9 |
| Riverside Academy | PreK-12 | 478 | 9 |
| St. Joan of Arc Catholic School | PreK-7 | 201 | 13 |
| Gonzales Baptist Academy | K-12 | 25 | 17 |
| Ascension Catholic Diocesan Regional School | PreK-12 | 401 | 17 |
| St. Joseph Elementary School | PreK-7 | 620 | 17 |
| Edward Douglas White Catholic High School | 8-12 | 770 | 17 |
| St. Genevieve School | PreK-7 | 478 | 18 |
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