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.[1]
The school was founded in 1920, and named for Pere
Henri Lacordaire, a Dominican priest who lived in post-revolution Paris.[9]
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.
A runner from the school was the Non-Public B individual champion in 2002.[11]
Literary
The Checkerboard (Newspaper)
Veritas (Yearbook)
Zephyr (Literary Magazine)
Laco Ledger (Middle School)
Clubs
Culture Club
Mission Club
Environmental Club
Mock Trial
Forensics
Lego Club
Preachers Club
Peer Tutoring
Checkerboard Club
Choir and Instrumental Club
Science Mentors
Poetry Out Loud
Sports Club
Yearbook Club
Medical Sciences Club
Cooking Club
Book Club
Laco Voices
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:
^Mission and History, Lacordaire Academy. Accessed January 20, 2024. "The Dominican sisters decided to call it Lacordaire School, named after père Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, who is credited for re-establishing the Dominican Order in post-Revolutionary France and is thought to be the greatest pulpit orator of the nineteenth century. On September 15, 1920, with Sister Concepta as the principal, Sister Aloysius as the high school teacher, and Sister Andrea as the grade school teacher, Lacordaire School welcomed its first two students."
^"Sister Elizabeth", Democrat and Chronicle, January 18, 1972. Accessed October 25, 2017. "She attended a small girl's high school, Lacordaire in Montclair. The school, across the street from the McAlister home had a senior class of 13 when Maureen graduated.... In June of 1961, Maureen became Sister Elizabeth McAlister, then devoted her full energies to completing the last two years of study at Marymount."