Benjamin Franklin High School (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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  Benjamin Franklin High School, located on the University of New Orleans campus, was founded in 1957, its stated mission to promote excellence among New Orleans high school students. Benjamin Franklin High School has been named the top public high school in the State of Louisiana since the implementation of the accountability system in the state and was listed in Newsweek (May 8, 2006) as one of the public elite schools in the country. It has also been recognized as the top AP testing school in the Southern region. Franklin serves a population of students with high academic potential: 99.5% of each graduating class enters college, winning acceptance to the most prestigious universities in the country and collecting significant numbers of merit scholarships. Franklin has maintained its commitment to its mission statement, encouraging students “to reach their maximum potential as productive, creative citizens of a technology-rich global community.” To maximize their potential, students may be enrolled in AP courses in freshman year and are, by the time they are seniors, enrolled in AP courses in core academic areas. The school has developed a solid technology plan and integrates technology seamlessly into the curriculum. Compared to high schools across the nation, Franklin produces an outstanding number of National Merit Finalists and National Achievement Finalists. In 2005, for example, Franklin produced 25 National Merit Semifinalists and 13 National Achievement Finalists ACT scores hover around a composite average of 27. SAT scores on the verbal half of the test range from 623 to 641 and on the mathematics half of the test from 618 to 631. Franklin students take the PSAT test in their freshman, sophomore, and junior years, and the improvement in scores as students advance through the Franklin academic program exceeds national rates. For the past seven years 100% of Franklin students have passed the Louisiana Graduate Exit Exam on the first testing. On the Iowa Test of Educational Development, a norm-referenced test, the school composite has been at the 94th percentile. - Ben Franklin HS Website

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