The school is on a property in Kenner. Ray Ferrand, the principal in 2002, said during that year that, as paraphrased by Megan Kamerick of the New Orleans CityBusiness, the school could be "overwhelming" for first time students.Kamerick, Megan. "Seven area schools create academies for Freshmen." New Orleans CityBusiness. Monday April 1, 2002. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. Available on LexisNexis. "At other high schools freshmen are actually in their own building. [...] The whole school will go on block schedules." Bonnabel's main campus includes multiple academic buildings spread across, including a building dedicated exclusively to Freshman students. The campus also consists of a full sized Baseball and Softball field, field house, and gym. A memorial garden for a student killed in 2016 was also dedicated in May 2016 by the class of 2017 and administrators
