Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy Ranked No. 1 in Louisiana
What grades are served at Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy in Jefferson Parish?
Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy serves grades sixth through 12th grades.
The U.S. News & World Report ranked Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy number 1 in Louisiana. Benjamin Franklin High in New Orleans was the previous number one school. The principal, Sharmeika Daniels credits this accomplishment to the team effort between students, teachers, parents and administrators. Students have described the teachers as life mentors.
“This is my first experience, ever, that I’ve seen a leadership team, as well as teachers, parents and students, all on the same page,” Daniels said. “We’re a family here, and everybody’s input is important.”
“Teachers are demanding here and the content is rigorous, but that’s what’s going to be expected of the kids when they leave us.”
“There is never going to be a student on this campus [who] goes under the radar,” Daniels said.
The school is a magnet school that has a STEM-based college preparatory curriculum. There are around eight hundred students from the east and west bank of Jefferson Parish who go to the school that is named after the founder and CEO of the Taylor Energy Company. The school starts in the sixth grade where students will start to learn computer programing. Students have to score in the 85th percentile or higher on Jefferson’s Advanced Studies Academies admissions test to enroll.
“I will never take for granted how blessed I am to lead such phenomenal faculty and staff,” Daniels said. “All of our teachers are on board. That’s not an easy thing to do, to get a whole group of people to agree on one goal.
