Lacordaire Academy
Lacordaire Academy is a Catholic college preparatory school with a coeducational prekindergarten to eighth grade and an all girls ninth through twelfth grade student body. The Academy was established by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Caldwell, New Jersey. The school is located in the Upper Montclair section of Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. Lacordaire Academy has been accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1951. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent  Schools and is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 227 students (plus 10 in PreK) and 34 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.7:1. The school's student body was 50.7% (115) White, 22.9% (52) Black, 4.8% (11) Asian, 10.6% (24) Hispanic and 11% (25) two or more races. The school was founded in 1920, and named for Pere Henri Lacordaire, a Dominican priest who lived in post-revolution Paris. Activities. Lacordaire Academy provides many clubs and organizations that students  can join based on their own interests and availability. At Lacordaire, a student can create any club that she desires as long as they find a moderator and people to join. Athletics. The Lacordaire Lions compete in interscholastic sports under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association competing on an independent basis. Sports offered include: A runner from the school was the Non-Public B individual champion in 2002. Graduation requirements. All Upper School students follow a college preparatory program. All requirements must be fulfilled or substituted with a course of equal value. Required: