2025 - 2026 Admissions Process
2025-2026 School Year Admissions Process
Information for Prospective Students
All current 7th graders / incoming 8th graders must complete both the De La Salle Online Application AND the Archdiocesan Application.
*Applicants for 9th grade only need to complete the De La Salle Online Application.
1) Click here to complete the De La Salle Online Application.
- This application requires a $75 non-refundable fee, which also includes the cost of testing on Academic Assessment Day, held on Saturday, January 11th.
- All required documents must be submitted either by uploading them to the online application, by emailing them to [email protected], or by dropping them off to the receptionist’s desk in the School Lobby.
- Report cards from the last two school years
- Attendance and discipline records
- Standardized test scores from the last two school years
- Immunization records
- Copy of Birth Certificate
- Copy of Social Security Card
- A recent photo of the student
2) Click here to print and complete the Archdiocesan Application.
- The Archdiocese of New Orleans requires all current 7th graders / incoming 8th graders to complete a paper application. If your son/daughter attends a Catholic elementary school, his/her school will distribute a paper application. Catholic elementary schools will also send the completed forms to us. If your son/daughter does not attend a Catholic elementary school, you may print it yourself when the application becomes available. Please print it, complete it, and either scan and email or bring it to De La Salle High School as soon as possible.
Admissions Process at a Glance
De La Salle Online Application submitted with the $75 application fee
- All current 7th graders/incoming 8th graders must submit the Archdiocesan Application in addition to the De La Salle Online Application.
- All current 8th graders/incoming 9th graders must complete a De La Salle Application.
Admissions Interview
- Once an application is submitted, the admissions office will contact the parent/guardian to schedule student and parent/guardian interviews.
Placement Test
- The High School Placement Test will be administered on Academic Assessment Day (Saturday, January 11th, 2025) for all 8th and 9th grade applicants.
Application Review
- The Admissions Committee reviews each applicant's academic, disciplinary, and attendance records, test scores, student and parent interview reports, and all other admissions documents before making a determination regarding admission.
Application Decision
- Decision letters for current 7th graders / incoming 8th graders will be mailed on Thursday, February 27th, 2025, as mandated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
- Electronic decision letters will be emailed after 12 PM on Friday, February 28th, 2025.
Applicants for 10th and 11th Grades
All 10th and 11th grade applicants (transfer students) must submit a De La Salle Online Application, as well as the following required documents:
- Report cards from the last two school years
- Attendance and discipline records
- Standardized test scores from the last two school years
- Immunization records
- Copy of Birth Certificate
- Copy of Social Security Card
- A recent photo of the student
All required documents must be submitted either by uploading them to the online application, by emailing them to [email protected], or by dropping them off to the receptionist’s desk in the School Lobby.
Applications for enrollment in 10th and 11th grades are based on openings available and on De La Salle’s ability to fit the student into the school’s curriculum. All such applicants require an admissions interview.
Students previously asked to withdraw or expelled from De La Salle High School or any other high school will not be accepted into De La Salle High School.
Because De La Salle students are drug-tested, transfer students (a student is considered a transfer when he/she enters De La Salle after the start of his/her 9th grade year) will be tested, at their cost, as part of the admissions procedure, prior to their final acceptance. Any transfer student who tests positive for drugs will not be admitted to De La Salle.
Twelfth Grade Applicants: De La Salle rarely accepts twelfth-grade transfer students from local high schools. If you have any questions, please contact the Director of Admissions at (504) 895-5717, ext. 118 or email [email protected].
Admissions Policies
All admissions to De La Salle High School are for one year at a time. At any time, the school administration reserves the right to refuse admission to former students.
De La Salle High School adheres to the Catholic High School Admission Process set forth by the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
International students must submit some proof of English proficiency.
Although the admissions committee makes a recommendation to the Principal and the Director of Admissions regarding the admittance of a potential De La Salle student, the final decision to admit a student lies solely with the President, in consultation with the Principal and Admissions Director.
De La Salle High School admits 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 the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.