admissions

The schools of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at its schools. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or disability in violation of state law and federal law or regulation in the administration of their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.

GRADE /AGE ELIGIBILITY
Key Cottage 3-Year-Old Program: The minimum age for Key Cottage 3 year olds shall be age 3 by September 30^th of the year in which the student enters PK3. 

Key Cottage PreK 4: Children must be age 4 by September 30th. 
 
TIMELINE 
December 1: NEW Student Application opens (NEW family & siblings of current students)


January 15: New Student Application Deadline (NEW family & siblings of current students)
All required components of the application must be submitted to be considered complete. School officials may schedule and conduct interviews of new applicants for available spaces as soon as a completed application is received.  


Week of February 5:  Admissions notifications will be communicated to applicants.


APPLICATION CHECKLIST - All items should be submitted online.

1. Application 
2. Authorization and Release of Records Form(s)
3. Required Records: 
   • Birth Certificate
   • Social Security Card
   • Baptismal Certificate, if applicable
   • First Communion Certificate, if applicable
   • Updated Immunization Record
   • Parents’ Driver’s License
   • Most Recent Report Card - 2026-2027
   • 2025-2026 Report Card
   • Standardized Test Scores (3rd - 7th grades) 
   • Academic Records
   • Current Custody Record, if applicable
   • Parish Support & Activity Form - If your family is Catholic and registered, active and/or supporting a Catholic parish, please be sure to print out the 2027-2028 Parish Support & Activity Form ( available on December 1, 2026). You will need to print this form, complete it and bring it to your church parish office to be “sealed.” This form may be uploaded to the application or dropped off at the school office.  If uploaded, the parish seal must be visible.  

FEE POLICY
A Registration Fee of $150 will be due in order to enroll once a student has been accepted. Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferrable to any other child/student/applicant.
Enrollment will not be processed without the receipt of all required information and payment of the Registration Fee.

QUESTIONS
Please contact Tanya Montour at [email protected] with any questions.

The schools of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana admit students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at its schools. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, or disability in violation of state law and federal law or regulation in the administration of their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.

ORDER OF ACCEPTANCE FOR OTHERWISE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS
St. Peter Catholic School typically accepts students according to the following categories:*

• Siblings of current St. Peter Catholic School students;**
• Children of territorial parishioners who are deemed active by the pastor***; Children of St. Peter Catholic School Alumni or legacy families as determined by the pastor 
• Children of territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their territorial parish school who are deemed active by their pastor;
• Children of non-territorial parishioners of a parish without a school or no room in their territorial parish school  who are deemed active by their pastor;
• Children of active parishioners who live outside the territorial parish in a parish with a school that has no room in their parish school who are deemed active by their pastor
• All others -  including inactive parishioners, non-Catholics, etc. 

 
* Meeting the above criteria does not guarantee automatic acceptance.
** Being a sibling and/or a parishioner does not guarantee automatic acceptance.
***Baptized Catholic children who are registered, active and supporting their parish as determined by their pastor
 
NOTE: In the case of a student transferring from another Archdiocesan Catholic school, before granting admission, the principal will assess the status (academic, financial obligations, and disciplinary) of the student by conferring with the previous principal.

Tuition is paid through FACTS Tuition Management and may be paid in full on June 5th or through a Monthly Payment Plan which begins on June 5th and runs 10 months.  The Monthly Payment Plan option incurs a School Processing Fee of $225 per student which is added to the monthly payment amount ($22.50 per student per month).

If there are circumstances in which a student must withdraw from St. Peter Catholic School, then the following refund policy will be implemented:

• Students withdrawn between June 5th and August 31st will be charged one month’s tuition (one-tenth of the annual tuition). Students will receive a refund of the tuition for the remaining months of the school year. 
• Beginning on September 1st of the school year, students withdrawn between the 1st and 15th of the month will receive a refund of ½ the current month’s tuition plus the balance of the tuition for the remaining months of the school year. Students withdrawn after the 15th of the month will receive a refund of the tuition for the remaining months of the school year but will receive no refund for the month of withdrawal. 
• December and May: Any student enrolled for any portion of December or May will be responsible for the full month tuition payment.  They will not be eligible for ½ month tuition refund. 
• Registration, non-parish support, and FACTS processing fees are non-refundable.
• All financial obligations must be satisfied and all books returned before a tuition refund may be granted. 

Parents should contact the office as soon as possible to complete all necessary paperwork. Please allow up to two weeks for a tuition refund