About Us

Experience ESA



Episcopal School of Acadiana is a coeducational, independent day school for students in grades PK3 through 12. Our mission is to instill in every student the habits of scholarship and honor. ESA challenges students to develop intellectually, spiritually, and physically.
The ESA faculty created these statements, our Portrait of an ESA Graduate, to describe the values and characteristics students develop through their ESA Experience. Find more examples of how ESA students grow and learn throughout our website.

We invite you to request a call and or to join our Lafayette or Cade campus informational email list to learn about ESA academics, arts, athletics, preschool, enrichment, and more. We encourage you to schedule a tour of one or both of our campuses. It's the best way to get to know ESA!

Excellence from Within

  • A Culture of Learning

    ESA teachers are lifelong learners who share their enthusiasm with their students. They establish high expectations and provide the guidance students need to meet and exceed those expectations. Visit our Academics pages to learn more about lower, middle, and upper schools and our college counseling program.

  • The Roots of Character

    Through our Honor Code and a balance between freedom and responsibility, students develop into people of strong character who exhibit confidence and independence wherever their lives take them. Our shared chapel experiences give each student the opportunity to develop a personal relationship with God within a welcoming community.

  • Beyond the Classroom

    Through experiential learning, ESA students connect with the world outside the classroom and beyond the boundaries of our campuses. Opportunities range from science field work in the marsh and service at a local food bank, to learning from local artisans and backpacking in the North Carolina wilderness.

  • A Welcoming Community

    From participatory athletics and arts programs to a club system that encourages students to start their own groups, every ESA student has the opportunity to take part. Differences are embraced, and individuals who share of themselves in class, in chapel or around campus find their efforts applauded.
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The ESA Experience began in 1979 in Cade, Louisiana. The idea was to create a place where intelligence could grow, not simply through books, but through avenues such as the outdoors, chapel, language immersion, community service, mentorship, honor, and family. Read more about our mission, vision, and values here. 

Jennifer Desormeaux Graycheck, ’01

The ESA Experience is much bigger than you or I could ever put into words. It’s the feeling on the first day of school; it’s the smell of sugarcane burning; it’s the quiet walk to chapel, or the awesome run at morning practice, the one with the sun rising and the fog hovering over the dew covered practice fields. It’s the outdoor coffeehouse performance of an 8th grader playing a piece by Beethoven. It’s knowing you’ve been prepared. Prepared for the woods, the interview, the choices you will be faced with in life. It’s the hugs you are given, or the tears you will shed. We all feel it. And that is permanent to anyone who has ever been a part of it.

At ESA we believe that Experience is Everything. Begin your own ESA Experience here.

We captured one day at ESA, from before dawn until after dusk, and from PK3 through 12th grade. Schedule your own shadow day to experience academics, athletics, arts, chapel, clubs, and more.

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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