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Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:13 pm to goofball
Always kinda misleading where you have to test into some of these schools (or be selected or pay some tuition like at LSU Lab) where as Zachary and Dutchtown are truly public schools
This post was edited on 4/27/21 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:13 pm to GreenRockTiger
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Ben Franklin being number 1 in LA
They are #71 nationwide
64 now. They've improved.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:13 pm to goofball
There is absolutely no way that Denham Springs is a better school than Central High.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:15 pm to goofball
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2. Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy - Avondale
5. Thomas Jefferson High School for Advanced Studies - Gretna
Not familiar with these. What’s the admissions process/requirements?
This post was edited on 4/27/21 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:16 pm to goofball
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64 now. They've improved.
Oh wow - I must’ve read an old report
It was always a good school, and I found the kids from there were pretty down to earth
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:16 pm to 91TIGER
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Take out the gifted program and you have a typical trash public school. It's lipstick on a pig here.
Pretty sure youd rather have your kid in Southside where they can adapt and embrace baw life
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:17 pm to danilo
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Always kinda misleading where you have to test into some of these schools where as Zachary and Dutchtown are truly public schools
100% true.
For a general public high school (not Magnet or STEM), top 1700 nationwide is competitive. It's rare to see public high schools in middle class areas with any diversity rank much higher than that.
You will find that in extremely high end suburbs outside major cities, but not so much in Louisiana.
Franklin, Baton Rouge Magnet, Patrick Taylor, etc. are clearly good enough to attract top performers from families that would otherwise send their kids private schools. Those high schools are likely drawing a lot of students that would otherwise be going to Jesuit, Catholic of BR, Episcopal, Dunham, etc.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:19 pm to danilo
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Not familiar with these. What’s the admissions process/requirements?
Not sure, but you do have to test in. Jefferson is pretty new as well - near the new CC out there.
I'm extremely impressed with Zachary given the mostly blue collar demographics of the district. It's not a magnet program. If you live in Zachary, you go to school there.
This post was edited on 4/27/21 at 4:21 pm
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:20 pm to danilo
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2. Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy - Avondale
Fairly young school
Kenner Discovery will be in that list soon
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:20 pm to BeepNode
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There is absolutely no way that Denham Springs is a better school than Central High.
I couldn't agree more...or Live Oak for that matter. 
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:21 pm to LSUFanHouston
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16. LSU Laboratory School - Baton Rouge
Dang... what's happening there? Do we need to fire some people?
It stopped being about evaluating the talent of the kid and became more about who the parent knew.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:22 pm to Jizzy08
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Interesting to see Dutchtown and St. Amant ahead of Zachary. But ascension parish has always put an emphasis on their good public school so unsurprising.
I believe they are always right there with Zachary comparing just high schools. What pulls them down as a district is EA and Donaldsonville. So Zachary is ahead as a district.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:22 pm to goofball
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For a cities their size, Baton Rouge and New Orleans actually have some stand outs. I just wish the baseline public schools in both cities were much improved over what they are now.
The problem is that the upper and middle tiers are now concentrated in the magnets, flowed out to privates, or flowed out to the suburbs.
The schools in BR suck, outside of magnets, in part because you have huge concentrations of C, D, and F students and an administration which doesn't want to keep them under control
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:24 pm to goofball
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10. Rosepine High School - Rosepine
Names I didn't expect to see for 200, Alex (or Ken, or whoever the frick)
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:31 pm to BeepNode
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There is absolutely no way that Denham Springs is a better school than Central High.
They are close enough where it probably isn't a difference. Neither are up there with Dutchtown or Zachary. Not even close.
Brusly High School (West Baton Rouge) outranks both of them too. Their new campus opened up right next to their old one. Looks good:
This post was edited on 4/27/21 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:31 pm to goofball
Wow
Did NOT expect to see Central Lafourche at 21.
Suck it Tarpons
Did NOT expect to see Central Lafourche at 21.
Suck it Tarpons
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:36 pm to andwesway
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WTF is wrong with LSU Lab?!? Have they been lying to me about their quality of education all this time?
Teachers who needed to retire/transfer years ago, particularly in high school.
Poor leadership from the last few years of Wade through our current interim (likely compounded by poor leadership at LSU).
Moved away from the laboratory model.
Admission isn’t as selective as magnet schools.
As a candidate our new (yet to start) director asked why we’re behind these other schools. He also noted the shift away from being an innovative teaching school to what we are now which is basic (elementary excluded).
I’ve put 2 kids all the way through lab school and have another who will be in high school soon. Many people have already left or are leaving after this year. If the new director doesn’t make big changes they’ll be losing a lot more, including us.
Everyone involved right now should be embarrassed. They’re resting on a reputation they can no longer back up. Elementary is fantastic. Middle school has actually improved as my children have gone through. High school needs a lot of work.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:37 pm to lionward2014
Kind of wondering that myself.
Posted on 4/27/21 at 4:38 pm to Swoozie
I have a fifth grader at Lab now and we're getting ready for middle school. It's good to hear there's been improvement there. Hopefully, it continues with the new director.
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