Benjamin Franklin High School

As a mid-tier senior high in New Orleans, Louisiana, Benjamin Franklin High School works with 1,056 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Benjamin Franklin High School. Enrollment runs roughly 49% bigger than the state mean of about 711.

Benjamin Franklin High School sits inside Benjamin Franklin High School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Benjamin Franklin High School logs that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Black, 16% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Benjamin Franklin High School lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.0:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orleans Parish runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orleans Parish put median household earnings sit near $56,631, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), Benjamin Franklin High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Edward Hynes Charter School - UNO, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Benjamin Franklin High School.

The school occupies an inner-city site. Benjamin Franklin High School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Benjamin Franklin High School's enrollment has grew 9% since 2018, when it stood at 970 (now 1,056). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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