Scholarships and Tuition Assistance

Notre Dame High School offers a number of tuition assistance and scholarship programs that make Catholic education more accessible to families.

Our internal tuition assistance programs are offered through our owner parishes. We also offer a number of privately funded scholarships based on varying criteria and driven by financial need. Once your student is enrolled, you may submit a request for tuition assistance through the FACTS portal. Please note, you must reapply each year for tuition assistance.

Tuition Assistance and Private Scholarships

Owner church parishes and donors subsidize our school-based tuition assistance program.

Additionally, we offer a number of privately funded scholarship programs.

To be eligible for these programs, you must be enrolled in Notre Dame High School. Through the FACTS portal, you may complete an application for tuition assistance. Applications for the 2025-26 school year are due by April 17, 2025.

ACE Scholarships

Applications open the 1st Monday in February and close at 11:59pm on April 15, 2026.
Applications must be submitted through the NEW ACE portal. For any questions, please contact ACE at (856) 746-6521.
To be eligible, your child must be enrolled at a participating school and must meet the following criteria:
- Your child must be a resident of Louisiana.
- Your family income must not exceed the threshold (see chart on ACE website).
- One of the following must be true:
  - Your child attended a Louisiana public school during the 2025-26 school year.
  - Your child participated in the Tuition Donation Credit Program during the 2025-26 school year.
  - OR Your child will be attending kindergarten for the first time during the 2026-27 school year.
For grades 9 – 12 the scholarship is $4,500 per school year, or the full amount of tuition and fees, if tuition and fees are less than the scholarship amount.

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Arete Scholars

2026-27 Applications will be available for currently awarded and new families on March 3, 2026, at 9:00 AM, and will remain open until May 1, 2026.
Applications must be submitted online via the Arete website.
Please remember scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, with priority given to returning Arete students. An application is not complete until all required documents are submitted. A completed application does not guarantee a scholarship.
To be eligible, students must meet income, residency, and prior school year requirements.
Arete will begin notifying families by June 15 regarding the status of their application.
Maximum award amounts for the 2026-27 school year are $4,427 for grades K-8, and $4,980 for grades 9-12.

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LA GATOR Scholarship Program

Applications for the 2025-2026 School Year are available March 1-April 15, 2025.
Educational Scholarship Accounts (ESAs) may be used for school tuition and fees and other approved school-related expenses.
Priority access will be offered to current Louisiana Scholarship Program recipients. For additional priority guidelines, visit the site. Eligibility for this program will be extended to all Louisiana students during Phase 3 of the program’s implementation.
Award amounts vary based on financial need and other factors as outlined in the program guidelines.

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