Calvary Baptist Academy

What LA GATOR covers at Calvary Baptist Academy

Approval status first: Calvary Baptist Academy appears on the 2025-26 BESE-approved nonpublic school list as accredited, which is the condition Louisiana attaches to LA GATOR tuition. Registration in Odyssey happens separately each year, so confirm the school is set up for 2026-27 before you count on the account. Its Brumfield v. Dodd nondiscrimination approval, required of any school taking state-funded students, dates from 2004.

On that list the school reported 957 K-12 students, making it the largest approved nonpublic school in the six parishes this site covers.

It is one of 10 approved schools in this market that carry a student from the early grades through graduation on one campus. For a family budgeting LA GATOR that is the significant fact: you are not planning a transfer at grade 8 or 9, you are renewing the same award at the same school for over a decade while tuition climbs with the grade level.

Locally it is the largest approved school in Caddo Parish, ahead of 13 others.

The school also appears on the state's 2024-25 list of schools accepting Tuition Donation Credit scholarships. For a household at or below 250% of the poverty line that is worth real money here: since Act 403 an STO award stacks on top of LA GATOR up to the school's actual tuition and fees, and at north Louisiana prices the two together can cover most of a bill.

The federal Private School Survey (2023-24) recorded 925 students, 77 full-time-equivalent teachers and about 12.0 students per teacher. Figures from the two sources differ because they were collected in different years.

The multi-year figure

Kindergarten through grade 12 is 13 funded years at this school. Held at 2026-27 levels the whole way, that is roughly $68,159 at the standard amount, $99,138 at the 250%-of-poverty amount, and up to $198,289 for a student with an IDEA disability, before any STO scholarship. Awards reset every year and depend on what the Legislature appropriates, so treat it as a planning number, not a guarantee. Thirteen years at one school is the longest single-campus run the account can fund in Louisiana.

Closing the gap

Church schools often discount tuition for member families and for staff. Confirm those discounts survive when part of the bill is paid from a state account, since a few schools apply the award first and recalculate the discount afterward. Ask which fees go through Odyssey.

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Questions for the office

1. Are you registered with Odyssey for 2026-27, and do you bill tuition quarterly to match the deposit schedule?
2. What is the all-in cost for this grade with fees, and what would a family at the $5,243 and $7,626 levels still owe?
3. Do you take STO (Tuition Donation Credit) scholarships, and is the STO award applied before or after LA GATOR?
4. Does tuition step up at a particular grade, and what did it rise by over the last three years?

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Straight-line distance between campus coordinates, which in this metro usually understates a drive across the river.