St. Joseph's Academy (Baton Rouge)


St. Joseph's Academy is an all-girls Catholic school established in 1868 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille. It is the sister school of the all-boys Catholic High School, only three-tenths of a mile to the north. It is located on a live oak shaded campus in Mid-City Baton Rouge, Louisiana, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge.
SJA has been recognized four times as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. In 2002, the Academy was recognized as a school of technology excellence by the U.S. Department of Education, one of only three in the nation.
The Broussard Street campus is the second for the school. The original school was located in downtown Baton Rouge, but was moved to where it currently stands in 1941.

Athletics

SJA competes in the highest designation in Louisiana high school athletics. The team is known as the Redstickers in a nod to its host city, Baton Rouge. The Academy has been very successful in volleyball, swimming, and cross country. SJA has successfully competed on the national level in competitive cheerleading as well, winning the Super Varsity National Champions title in 2018. The school's colors are red and white, with navy blue used as an accent color.