2 Baton Rouge public high schools make 'America's Best' list of 1,000

From the Baton Rouge Business Report Of the 1,000 public high schools across the country ranked by The Daily Beast on its "America's Best High Schools 2012" list, seven are located in Louisiana—with just two of them in Baton Rouge. Only one Louisiana school, New Orleans' Benjamin Franklin, cracked the top 100, at No. 76. Baton Rouge Magnet got the best ranking of any Baton Rouge school, at No. 285. The University Laboratory School on the LSU campus is ranked No. 377. One school each in Jefferson, Metairie, Natchitoches and Gretna also made the list. The Daily Beast says, "Our ranking highlights the best 1,000 public high schools in the nation—the ones that have proven to be the most effective in turning out college-ready grads." The list is based on a composite of six components provided by school administrators on graduation rate, college matriculation rate, AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student, average SAT/ACT scores, average AP/IB/AICE scores and AP courses offered. Check out the complete list here.