Oldest School in Louisiana is Nestled Away in South Louisiana

(KTDY) - As kids prepare to return to the classroom, if you've been in a modern-day classroom, you know that classrooms look nothing like they once did, and we have found the oldest school in Louisiana.

One of my favorite things to do is to walk through old schools and classrooms to take in the nostalgia. There's just something about the smell of an old school that takes me back in time, and now I know one campus that I need to visit because it's the oldest school in Louisiana.

I recently looked up where the oldest school is located in Louisiana, and it's the elementary school in New Orleans that my wife attended. The oldest school in the Bayou State is Ursuline Academy, located on State St in New Orleans.

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The school opened in 1727, and it is still open to students. The school is a Catholic school for all girls, and it is the oldest all-girls school in the United States.

If you're asking yourself what the oldest public school in Louisiana is, well, that answer is Warren Easton Charter High School in New Orleans, which was founded in 1843. The school's original name was the Boys' High School.

In 1911, the school's name was changed after a prominent Louisiana state superintendent of education. The school is still open on Canal St.

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Let's get closer to Acadiana and look at the oldest school in Lafayette. According to Private School Review, the oldest school in Lafayette is Cathedral Carmel. The school was founded in 1846 and is located on St. John St. It serves students in pre-K through 8th grade and is part of the Lafayette Diocese.

As for the oldest public school in Lafayette, well, according to the Advocate, that belongs to Lafayette High School, which was founded in 1891. We are glad to say that the current Lafayette High campus is very modern after an entirely new campus was recently built.