About - Academy Of The Sacred Heart (LA)

Changing the world since 1867

Academy of the Sacred Heart is New Orleans' only Catholic, ISAS independent, college preparatory school for girls from age 1 through grade 12.

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Academy of the Sacred Heart has been located on the historic St. Charles Avenue since 1887, with Sacred Heart educational roots starting in the French Quarter in 1867. Affectionately known as the Rosary, the school has a long history that is rooted in the spiritual charism of the Society of the Sacred Heart, whose mission is "to discover and make known the love of God through the heart of Jesus.” This purpose is carried out across the global Sacred Heart network of schools, in more than 150 schools in 41 countries. Academy of the Sacred Heart is one of 25 Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada sponsored by the Religious of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ).

"For the sake of one child, I would have founded the Society."
–St. Madeleine Sophie Barat

1867

First Sacred Heart school in NOLA, Mater Admirabilis

12

Average class size

150+

National & International Sacred Heart schools

109

Home of 109 State & Runner-up athletic titles since entering LHSAA in 1984

17

AP classes offered in 2025-2026

72

Students participated in exchange program last year

100%

College acceptance rate to four-year colleges

25

Sacred Heart schools in the U.S. & Canada

Where ASH Students Come From
by Zip Code

New Orleans, Metairie, Kenner, River Ridge, Mandeville, Destrehan, Chalmette, LaPlace – we never know where our future Sacred Heart girls will come from.