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, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Lacordaire Academy has been accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1951 and is accredited through January 2025. 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 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 265 students (plus 15 in PreK) and 32.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.2:1. The school's student body was 35.1% (93) White, 23.4% (62) Black, 15.8% (42) two or more races, 13.6% (32) Hispanic and 12.1% (32) Asian. 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.

Leadership

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.

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Clubs

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:

Notable alumni