Of the New Orleans public schools , it once had an academic reputation second only to Benjamin Franklin High School .
It was originally an all - girls school and later a co-educational all - white school , but it was racially integrated after 1967 .
Of the New Orleans public schools , all - girls school once had an academic reputation second only to Benjamin Franklin High School .
It was originally an all - girls school and later a co-educational all - white school , but it was racially integrated after 1967 .