Colleges and universities
The Northwestern Campus is also home to the Louisiana Scholars' College, the state's designated honors college for the study of the liberal arts and sciences.
Primary and secondary schools
Public schools
Natchitoches Parish School Board operates many public schools. They include:
- Natchitoches Central High School
- NSU Middle Laboratory School
- Weaver Elementary
- East Natchitoches Elementary
- George L. Parks Elementary
- L.P. Vaughn Elementary
- Natchitoches Magnet School
Private schools
St. Mary's High School is in Natchitoches.
Libraries
- Natchitoches Parish Library (Matt DeFord art display on the second and third floors, an art exhibit in the back entrance foyer from the Natchitoches Art Guild & Gallery.)
- Cammie G. Henry Research Center (Louisiana Books, rare books, NSU Archives, microfims, maps, oral history tapes, archival materials.)
- Natchitoches Genealogy Library ( French records dating from 1776, conveyances, mortgages, marriages. Natchithoches Parish Census records from 1820 to 1920. International Genealogical Index (IGI) records Natchitoches Times microfilm records from March 1903 to October 1996.
Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts
The Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts was named a Public Elite by Newsweek. * See ArticleThe State of Louisiana administers to the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. The Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, a boarding school for academically gifted high school students from Louisiana, is located in Natchitoches on the campus of Northwestern State University of Louisiana.