Baton Rouge Magnet High School focuses on a college preparatory and visual and performing arts curriculum. The school boasts a 100 percent graduation rate.

Baton Rouge Magnet High School offers nearly 30 Advanced Placement courses, more than a dozen honors courses and two dual enrollment courses. 62 percent of the students participate in AP courses.

Beyond traditional academics, the school offers around 60 extracurricular clubs ranging from social to academic as well as several music programs and sports.

Economically disadvantaged students make up 39 percent of the student body at Baton Rouge Magnet High School.

The U.S. Department of Education recognized Baton Rouge Magnet High School as a Blue Ribbon School.