John F. Kennedy High School
Charter · Grades 9–12 · 665 students
Benjamin Franklin High School
2001 Leon C Simon Drive, New Orleans, LA 70122
Grades
9–12
High
Students
1,056
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
15.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Benjamin Franklin High School
Orleans Parish
Schola Grade A · Excellent
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 245 Louisiana high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Louisiana high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Benjamin Franklin High School
Benjamin Franklin High School is a charter high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, serving grades 9–12. The school is located in a large city in Orleans Parish.
In the 2024–25 school year, 1,056 students were enrolled, with about 15.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Louisiana high school (14.1 students per teacher). As a charter school, it is publicly funded and tuition-free, but operates independently of the local district under a charter from Orleans Parish. Its Schola Grade is A (excellent), compared with 245 Louisiana high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Charter School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 1,056 students
- Students per teacher
- 15.5 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 31
- Charter school
- Yes
- Charter authorizer
- Orleans Parish
- Magnet school
- Yes
- Locale
- City — Large
- School district
- Benjamin Franklin High School
- County
- Orleans Parish
- NCES school ID
- 220029900888
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.