Advanced Study Academies

Jefferson Parish Schools Advanced Study Academies (ASAs) are designed to expose the most highly capable students to a challenging, rigorous, and accelerated curriculum. The academies focus on high-potential students who are successful in gaining admission through the ASA admissions process. Please note PreKindergarten enrollment at our ASAs is not tuition-free. 

SUMMER 2024-2025 ADMISSIONS

Applications for Advanced Study Academies and Ruppel Academie Francaise will reopen for Summer Admission for new applicants for the 2024-2025 school year on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. and will close on Monday, May 27, 2024 at 5 p.m. 

New applicants are those who have not tested during the Fall 2024-2025 application window. Applicants must apply online at specialtyselection.jpschools.org. Applications must be submitted by May 27, 2024 at 5 p.m.  

Limited seating available in select grade levels at: Airline Park Academy, Metairie Academy, Ray St. Pierre Academy, and Thomas Jefferson Academy.  Haynes Academy, Patrick F. Taylor Academy, and Gretna No. 2 Academy are full for the 2024-2025 academic year, therefore applications are not being accepted during the Summer Application window.

• 2024-2025 JP School Application Portal

Eligibility  

In order to be eligible for Summer ASA admissions:

• All students must meet age and residency requirements.
• Students entering grades 6-12 must meet a core GPA requirement of 2.5 for their previous two years in school.
• All students must score in the 85th percentile or higher on the ASA admissions test.
• Students must not have been tested during the Fall 2024-2025 application window.

What are the Advanced Study Academy admissions requirements?

Please review the 2024-2025 Summer Testing Information Booklet  for complete admissions requirements.

• NEW RESIDENT ADMISSIONS
  
  Advanced Study Academies and Ruppel Academie Francaise applications for New Resident Admission for the 2024-2025 school year will open on July 31, 2024 at 8:00 a.m.

  New students to Jefferson Parish are defined as follows:

  • Students who are current residents of Jefferson Parish who are currently enrolled in a private or parochial school, and did not attend any Jefferson Parish public school during the previous or current school year.
  • Students who relocate to Jefferson Parish from another state or country and are able to produce proof of prior residency in another state or country as well as current residency in Jefferson Parish.
  • Students who relocate to Jefferson Parish from another Parish within the state of Louisiana and are able to produce proof of prior residency in another Parish as well as current residency in Jefferson Parish.
  • If such student(s) enter into (newly reside) Jefferson Parish outside of the established ASA testing window, such students are eligible to apply for admission into an Academies for Advanced Academic Studies provided that:
    • The Student (s) meet all requirements set forth for entry into the Academies,
    • The Student(s) were not students in a Jefferson Parish public school during any part of the previous academic year,
    • The Student (s) have not applied to an Academy Advanced Studies during the current or prior academic year,
    • It is no later than three weeks before the second day of the third marking period AND
    • There are openings and there is no waitlist for the Academy and grade level into which the student would seek entry.
    • Testing will continue to remain open and available to those new students (as defined above) to Jefferson parish who meet the admission qualifications of the required application process.