re: Spinoff: Most overrated high school in Louisiana?

Jesuit High School’s 43 National Merit Semifinalists and eight National Hispanic Scholars in the Class of 2016 will be recognized in front of the entire student body at a Morning Assembly in the near future.

The 43 National Merit Scholars in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program are the most from any one school in Louisiana and represent 20% of the state’s 212 honorees from 52 different high schools. The number of semifinalists in a state is proportional to that state’s percentage of the national total of graduating seniors. This marks the 61st year of the scholarship program, which today recognizes some 16,000 semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors.

Jesuit’s Class of 2016 has the largest number of semifinalists since the Class of 2004 produced 54. In the 13-year period, beginning with the Class of 2004 through the Class of 2016, Jesuit has produced a total of 456 National Merit Semifinalists. In that same period, Jesuit also has 243 Commended Students, which includes the 22 Blue Jays in the Class of 2016.