La Salle Academy is an independent co-ed Catholic college preparatory high school located in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island on the corner of Academy Avenue and Smith Street, about two miles west of the Rhode Island State House. It was named for Saint John Baptist de La Salle, a French man who dedicated his life to the education of the children of poor families. The high school serves grades 9-12, and is also home to a middle school serving grades 7-8 known as PEGASUS 7/8, or the Program to Enhance the Gifts, Aptitudes, and Skills of Unique Students. Home to about 1,350 students, La Salle offers a strong academic curriculum, while also fostering spiritual growth, and offering opportunities to excel in athletics, arts, and other forms of community involvement. Graduates include bishops, brothers and priests, a Nobel laureate, Pulitzer Prize winners, an Attorney General of the United States, United States Senators and Representatives, and a Governor of the State of Rhode Island.
The school colors are maroon and white. The current president of La Salle Academy is Brother Michael McKenery, F.S.C., and its principal is Mr. Donald J. Kavanagh.
An identically named school, La Salle Academy, is an all male brother school in the De La Salle Christian Brothers network located in Manhattan, New York.
