Benjamin Franklin High School is a selective public charter high school in New Orleans, Louisiana. It enrolls about 1,000 students in grades 9 through 12 from across the city. The school opened in 1957 as a school for the gifted children of New Orleans. Its first home was the former Carrollton Courthouse, and its first class graduated in 1960. In 1963, it became the city's first desegregated public high school. It moved to 2001 Leon C. Simon Drive in 1990. Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the school in 2005. It reopened as a public charter on January 17, 2006, the first public high school to return after the storm. Students choose from Advanced Placement courses and more than 85 clubs. Athletics, robotics, orchestra and arts programs round out school life.
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Orleans Parish students register online, take the admissions test and qualify through an Admissions Matrix of test and GPA points.
Student's birth certificate; proof of Orleans Parish residency; report cards for the current grade; final grade 9 report card for grade 10 applicants
Dates, fees and criteria change every session. Always confirm them on the official admissions page before applying.
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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