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About ESA

Episcopal School of Acadiana is an independent school in Lafayette and Cade, LA, serving students in grades PK3 through 12. We believe in creating an environment that challenges students to grow, to think, and to achieve. At ESA, you'll join a community in which students and teachers share a love of learning and a commitment to the pursuit of excellence from within.

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  • #1

    College Prep Private H.S.
    Ranked the #1 college prep private high school in Acadiana by Niche.com

  • 13

    Average Class Size
    Small classes foster strong relationships between teachers and students.

  • 14

    AP Courses Offered
    83% of students scored 3 or higher on at least one AP exam.

  • 60

    Faculty members with 
    master's degrees
    Nine ESA faculty members hold doctorates.

  • 79%

    Athletic Participation
    79% of ESA students in 6th-12th grades participate in athletics.

  • 96

    State Championships
    ESA athletic teams have earned 96 State Championships since 1979.

  • 7.3M

    Merit Aid Awarded
    The Class of 2024 received college merit scholarships totaling more than $7.3M.

Prepared for College and Beyond

ESA graduates have attended colleges and universities across the United States and around the world. 

What's Happening

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Our Fly on the Wall series takes you into our classrooms as ESA teachers explain the innovative ways they engage students in academic exploration and share their enthusiasm for their subjects. 


ESA Events

  • Jul
    27

    Volleyball Team Trip Departs

  • Jul
    28

    Volleyball Team Trip

  • Jul
    31

    Volleyball Team Trip Returns

  • Aug
    3

    Peer Leadership Retreat

  • Aug
    6

    Lower School Playdate in the Park (Moncus Park)

  • Aug
    12

    Lower School Orientation Meeting for New Families: PK3-5th grades (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    12

    Lower School Meet and Greet: PK3-5th grades (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    12

    Middle School Orientation Meeting for New Families: 6th-8th grades (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    12

    Upper School Orientation Meeting for Freshmen and New Students: 9th-12th grades (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    12

    Upper School Orientation Meeting for New Families: 9th-12th grades (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    13

    Begin 1st Quarter

  • Aug
    13

    Begin Fall Semester

  • Aug
    13

    First Day of School/Classes Begin: 1st-5th grades (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    13

    First Day of School/Classes Begin: 6th-12th grades (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    14

    Cade Campus Follows Monday/Friday Schedule

  • Aug
    15

    Welcome Freshmen Dance (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    18

    Half-Day Half-Class: PK3, PK4, and Kindergarten (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    18

    School Picture Day (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    20

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    20

    First (Full) Day of School/Classes Begin: PK3, PK4, and Kindergarten (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    20

    Parent Coffee: PK3, PK4, and Kindergarten Parents - immediately following morning drop-off (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    21

    Swimming Team Parents' Meeting (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    22

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    23

    Swimming Team Retreat

  • Aug
    25

    Lower School Parent Open House: 1st-5th grades (Lafayette Campus)

  • Aug
    27

    Cade Walk-through (Cade Campus)

  • Aug
    28

    12th Grade Class Retreat

  • Sep
    1

    Labor Day (no classes)

  • Sep
    2

    Classes Resume

  • Sep
    2

    Lower School Parent Open House: PK3, PK4, and Kindergarten (Lafayette Campus)

  • Sep
    3

    Lower School Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • Sep
    3

    Student Clubs Chapel (Cade Campus)

  • Sep
    5

    5th Grade Class Retreat

  • Sep
    8

    STUCO Week - Middle School (Cade Campus)

  • Sep
    12

    Freshmen Friday

  • Sep
    15

    *1st Quarter Interim Grades Posted*

  • Sep
    17

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Sep
    19

    Middle School Fall Dance

  • Sep
    20

    Swim Meet

  • Sep
    24

    Junior Class College Night

  • Sep
    26

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Sep
    27

    Middle School Quiz Bowl (Hosted at Lafayette Campus)

  • Sep
    27

    Swim Meet

  • Oct
    3

    End of 1st Quarter

  • Oct
    4

    Ain't No Shade in Cade (Cade Campus)

  • Oct
    5

    10th Grade Class Trip Departs (Dauphin Island - Alabama)

  • Oct
    6

    10th Grade Class Trip (Dauphin Island - Alabama)

  • Oct
    6

    Begin 2nd Quarter

  • Oct
    6

    Cade Campus Follows a Monday/Friday schedule

  • Oct
    7

    10th Grade Class Trip Returns (Dauphin Island - Alabama)

  • Oct
    9

    Fall Break (no classes)

  • Oct
    11

    Swim Meet

  • Oct
    12

    8th Grade Class Trip Departs (Globetrek - North Carolina)

  • Oct
    13

    8th Grade Class Trip (Globetrek - North Carolina)

  • Oct
    13

    Classes Resume

  • Oct
    13

    Columbus Day

  • Oct
    16

    9th Grade Class Trip

  • Oct
    17

    *1st Quarter Grades Posted*

  • Oct
    18

    Sadie Hawkins Dance

  • Oct
    18

    Swim Meet

  • Oct
    20

    8th Grade Class Trip Returns (Globetrek - North Carolina)

  • Oct
    21

    PSAT (10th grade)

  • Oct
    21

    School Picture Retakes (Cade Campus)

  • Oct
    22

    All School Eucharist (PreK-12th), Panel & Tour (Cade Campus)

  • Oct
    23

    PSAT (11th grade)

  • Oct
    24

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Oct
    30

    Lower School Parent-Teacher Conference(s) (Lafayette Campus)

  • Oct
    30

    Spooktacular Volleyball Tournament (Cade Campus)

  • Oct
    31

    Cade Halloween Celebration (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    3

    4th Grade Class Trip (Inside Out Outdoor days - Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    5

    Coffee House - Hosted by French Club (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    5

    Lower School Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • Nov
    6

    US/MS Parent-Teacher Conference(s): Afternoon (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    7

    US/MS Parent-Teacher Conference(s): Morning (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    9

    ESA Family Bingo (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    11

    Veterans Day

  • Nov
    13

    State Volleyball Tournament

  • Nov
    14

    ESA Speech & Debate Tournament

  • Nov
    17

    *2nd Quarter Interim Grades Posted*

  • Nov
    17

    State Cross Country (XC) Meet

  • Nov
    19

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    19

    State Swim Meet

  • Nov
    21

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Nov
    22

    Thanksgiving Holiday (begins)

  • Nov
    23

    Thanksgiving Holiday

  • Nov
    24

    Thanksgiving Holiday (no classes)

  • Nov
    27

    Thanksgiving Day

  • Nov
    29

    Thanksgiving Holiday

  • Nov
    30

    Thanksgiving Holiday (ends)

  • Dec
    1

    Classes Resume

  • Dec
    3

    Fall Athletic Awards: Fall Sports (Cade Campus)

  • Dec
    5

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Dec
    7

    Lower School Lessons and Carols (Cade Campus)

  • Dec
    9

    Jammies for Grammies (both campuses observe)

  • Dec
    10

    Dead Day

  • Dec
    10

    Cade Campus Lessons and Carols (Cade Campus)

  • Dec
    11

    End of 2nd Quarter

  • Dec
    11

    Ugly Holiday Sweater Day

  • Dec
    12

    Fall Semester Exam(s) (Cade Campus)

  • Dec
    15

    Fall Semester Exam(s) (Cade Campus)

  • Dec
    18

    End of Fall Semester

  • Dec
    18

    Lower School Pancake Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • Dec
    19

    *2nd Quarter/Fall Semester Grades Posted*

  • Dec
    19

    Faculty Workday

  • Dec
    19

    Students' Christmas and New Year Holiday Begins (no classes)

  • Dec
    20

    Christmas and New Year Holidays

  • Dec
    21

    Christmas and New Year Holidays

  • Dec
    22

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    23

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    24

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    24

    Christmas Eve

  • Dec
    25

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    25

    Christmas Day

  • Dec
    26

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    27

    Christmas and New Year Holidays

  • Dec
    28

    Christmas and New Year Holidays

  • Dec
    29

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    30

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    31

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Dec
    31

    New Year's Eve

  • Jan
    1

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Jan
    1

    New Year's Day

  • Jan
    2

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (no classes)

  • Jan
    3

    Christmas and New Year Holidays

  • Jan
    4

    Christmas and New Year Holidays (ends)

  • Jan
    5

    Faculty In-Service (no classes)

  • Jan
    6

    Begin 3rd Quarter

  • Jan
    6

    Begin Spring Semester

  • Jan
    6

    Classes Resume

  • Jan
    7

    *Lower School 2nd Quarter Grades Posted*

  • Jan
    12

    Homecoming Week

  • Jan
    12

    Re-Enrollment Begins

  • Jan
    16

    ESA Day/Pep Rally

  • Jan
    17

    Winter Formal Dance

  • Jan
    19

    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (no classes)

  • Jan
    20

    Classes Resume

  • Jan
    21

    US Course Registration Begins (Cade Campus)

  • Jan
    23

    5th grade class visits 6th grade

  • Jan
    23

    8th grade class visits Upper School

  • Jan
    26

    5th grade class visits 6th grade

  • Jan
    27

    Re-Enrollment Ends

  • Jan
    28

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Jan
    30

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Jan
    30

    Middle School Dance

  • Jan
    30

    Social Studies Conference (Cade Campus)

  • Feb
    4

    Lower School Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • Feb
    6

    US Course Registration Ends (Cade Campus)

  • Feb
    7

    US Quiz Bowl (Cade Campus)

  • Feb
    9

    *3rd Quarter Interim Grades Posted*

  • Feb
    13

    Cade Mardi Gras (Cade Campus)

  • Feb
    13

    Lower School Courir des Faucons (Lafayette Campus)

  • Feb
    14

    Mardi Gras Holiday (begins)

  • Feb
    15

    Mardi Gras Holiday

  • Feb
    16

    Lundi Gras (no classes)

  • Feb
    16

    Presidents' Day

  • Feb
    17

    Mardi Gras (no classes)

  • Feb
    18

    Ash Wednesday

  • Feb
    18

    Mardi Gras Holiday (no classes)

  • Feb
    19

    Mardi Gras Holiday (no classes)

  • Feb
    20

    Mardi Gras Holiday (no classes)

  • Feb
    21

    Mardi Gras Holiday

  • Feb
    22

    Mardi Gras Holiday (ends)

  • Feb
    23

    Classes Resume

  • Feb
    25

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Feb
    25

    State Soccer Tournament

  • Feb
    27

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    4

    Coffee House - Hosted by French Club (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    4

    Lower School Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • Mar
    6

    End of 3rd Quarter

  • Mar
    9

    Faculty In-Service (no classes)

  • Mar
    10

    Begin 4th Quarter

  • Mar
    10

    Classes Resume

  • Mar
    12

    State Basketball Tournament

  • Mar
    13

    *3rd Quarter Grades Posted*

  • Mar
    13

    Winter Athletic Awards: Winter Sports (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    18

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    19

    Cade Campus Spring Musical (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    20

    11th Grade Class Retreat

  • Mar
    20

    Lower School Field Day (Lafayette Campus)

  • Mar
    21

    Spanish Festival - Hosted by World Languages Department and Spanish Club (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    22

    Lower School Grandparents Open House (Lafayette Campus)

  • Mar
    23

    STUCO Week - Upper School (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    27

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    27

    Middle School Inaugural Ball

  • Mar
    28

    Junior-Senior Prom (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    30

    Faculty In-Service: Afternoon (Cade Campus)

  • Mar
    30

    Half-day of Classes: Morning (Cade Campus)

  • Apr
    1

    Junior Class Ring Day Ceremony (Cade Campus)

  • Apr
    1

    Lower School Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • Apr
    2

    Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)

  • Apr
    3

    Easter Holiday (begins)

  • Apr
    3

    Good Friday (no classes)

  • Apr
    4

    Easter Holiday

  • Apr
    4

    Holy Saturday

  • Apr
    5

    Easter Holiday

  • Apr
    5

    Easter Sunday

  • Apr
    6

    Easter Holiday (no classes)

  • Apr
    7

    Easter Holiday (no classes)

  • Apr
    8

    Easter Holiday (no classes)

  • Apr
    9

    Easter Holiday (no classes)

  • Apr
    9

    ISAS

  • Apr
    10

    Easter Holiday (no classes)

  • Apr
    11

    Easter Holiday

  • Apr
    12

    Easter Holiday (ends)

  • Apr
    13

    Classes Resume

  • Apr
    17

    Field Day (Cade Campus)

  • Apr
    17

    Lower School Play Day (Lafayette Campus)

  • Apr
    18

    ESA Trivia Night

  • Apr
    20

    *4th Quarter Interim Grades Posted*

  • Apr
    20

    Junior Class Book Awards

  • Apr
    21

    Pre-ACT (10th grade)

  • Apr
    21

    Pre-ACT (9th grade)

  • Apr
    22

    6th Grade Class Trip Departs (Camp Allen - Texas)

  • Apr
    22

    Cade Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • Apr
    23

    6th Grade Class Trip (Camp Allen - Texas)

  • Apr
    23

    ERB Testing (8th grade)

  • Apr
    24

    6th Grade Class Trip Returns (Camp Allen - Texas)

  • Apr
    24

    Free Dress/Poboy Lunch (Cade Campus)

  • Apr
    27

    ERB Testing (7th grade)

  • Apr
    27

    Regional Golf Tournament

  • Apr
    27

    State Tennis Tournament

  • Apr
    29

    7th Grade Class Trip Departs (Camp Cho-Yeh - Texas)

  • Apr
    29

    Regional Track Meet

  • Apr
    30

    7th Grade Class Trip (Camp Cho-Yeh - Texas)

  • Apr
    30

    ERB Testing (6th grade)

  • Apr
    30

    Lafayette Campus School Musical

  • May
    1

    7th Grade Class Trip Returns (Camp Cho-Yeh - Texas)

  • May
    1

    Seniors' Last Day of Classes

  • May
    4

    State Golf Tournament

  • May
    6

    6th Grade and 7th Grade Course Awards Ceremony (Cade Campus)

  • May
    6

    Upper School Course Awards Ceremony (Cade Campus)

  • May
    7

    State Track Meet

  • May
    9

    Peer Leadership Retreat

  • May
    11

    5th Grade Class Trip Departs (Teton Science Center - Wyoming)

  • May
    12

    5th Grade Class Trip (Teton Science Center - Wyoming)

  • May
    13

    Dead Day

  • May
    13

    Spring Athletic Awards: Spring Sports (Cade Campus)

  • May
    14

    End of 4th Quarter

  • May
    14

    State Baseball Tournament

  • May
    15

    Spring Semester Exam(s) (Cade Campus)

  • May
    16

    5th Grade Class Trip Returns (Teton Science Center - Wyoming)

  • May
    16

    Senior Class Trip Departs (Europe)

  • May
    17

    Senior Class Trip (Europe)

  • May
    18

    Spring Semester Exam(s) (Cade Campus)

  • May
    20

    Lower School Eucharist (Lafayette Campus)

  • May
    21

    End of Spring Semester

  • May
    21

    Lower School Closing Ceremony (Lafayette Campus)

  • May
    21

    Middle School Closing Ceremony (Cade Campus)

  • May
    22

    Faculty Workday (no classes)

  • May
    25

    Memorial Day (no classes)

  • May
    26

    Faculty Workday (no classes)

  • May
    26

    Senior Class Trip Returns (Europe)

  • May
    29

    *4th Quarter/Spring Semester/Final Grades Posted*

  • May
    29

    Senior Class Eucharist (Cade Campus)

  • May
    30

    Senior Class Graduation Ceremony (Cade Campus)

  • Oct
    4

    Dauphin Island

  • Oct
    4

    Dauphin Island Trip (10th)

  • Nov
    26

    Thanksgiving Day

  • Nov
    29

    Thanksgiving Holiday

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Episcopal School of Acadiana

Episcopal School of Acadiana is a private coeducational day school for students in grades PK3 through 12. Our mission is to instill in every student the habits of scholarship and honor.

Lafayette Campus

PK3 through 5th grade
721 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd. Lafayette LA, USA 70508
Phone: 337-993-2263

Cade Campus

6th through 12th grades
1557 Smede Rd. at Hwy. 92 Broussard, LA, USA 70518
Phone: 337-365-1416
ESA does not discriminate on the basis of physical disability, race, religion, gender, or national or ethnic origin.
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