re: The best school district in NOLA

We're about to start PK at Metairie Academy. Wife and I went through all Catholic Schools in NOLA. I hear under 95th percentile rarely makes it in. Son tested 99th percentile. The resources available convinced us to try it out. If it doesn't work out, principal at current catholic school said they will make a spot for him at anytime. Plan is Metairie Academy, then a Catholic School for 6 & 7, then Jesuit.

If you can't afford private schools, you can't afford New Orleans. Live in St. Bernard or Jefferson where the housing isn't as overpriced, and the public schools are at least somewhat better

We Currently live in st. Tammany (I know). But the wife will be working in NOLA and I have to go to houma/Morgan city three days a week. Starting to look like too much of a hassle to live on the North shore.

Seriously though. If your kids are smart, they can test into one of the good ones. If not, either pony up for private, or don't live in. De Orleans proper.

To suggest someone buy in lakeview for $210 per sg ft a house to go to a certain school makes no sense. You can buy less than a half a mile away in shallow Metairie and get a house for $155 per sq ft. There you get better schools and better roads all the while costing you less money to do it because property taxes are so much lower.

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Of the top primary/elementary schools in the Greater New Orleans area 8 of the 10 are in Orleans Parish. The other two were in Plaquemine and St. Charles Parish. I believe the first Jefferson Parish school was at #17 and St. Tammany's top school was at # 20.

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I was just going to post something similar. There are a few good public high school in JP, but the waiting list to get into Hynes is very long and you have to qualify academically to get in. Patrick Taylor has more seats available with the same criteria.

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Is this a fair comparison though? Comparing charter schools to open enrollment? I thought (and excuse my ignorance) that charter schools were for poor families and if you weren't poor your kid has to be super smart

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I think so because you are comparing where the students go to best schools. Most of those schools you enroll in through OneApp, and no income is not a factor. Some schools reportedly weed out bad students, but I think that is more for the high schools.



Now getting into those schools have a lot of competition to get in. Alice Harte which is down the street from my house holds ~700 students but has a waiting list of over 1600. You get priority if you have a sibling at the school, parents works for the charter, or live in the school's zip code.

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f you can't afford private schools, you can't afford New Orleans. Live in St. Bernard or Jefferson where the housing isn't as overpriced, and the public schools are at least somewhat better

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JP might be safer, but the schools suck arse. It's especially sad that over 30% of the kids who live there go to private schools, yet their parents still pay taxes, yet they can't put out a good product.

Probably because most of the parents who give a shite find a way to pay for private.

Ben Franklin and Lusher are both damn good schools. Among the best in the state for non private.

Mt. Carmel and Jesuit are just damn good schools for the the price. You will have a hard time finding anywhere in the country where you can get that much bang for your buck if you are paying for private school.

I agree with this but if you want to pay and stay in JP St. Martin's or Country Day would fit the bill.

But, there are even more private school choices in New Orleans but of course if you go private you can live anywhere you want.

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JP might be safer, but the schools suck arse. It's especially sad that over 30% of the kids who live there go to private schools, yet their parents still pay taxes, yet they can't put out a good product.

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St. Martin's or Country Day would fit the bill.

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Aren't these two like $14K a year?