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Benjamin Banneker Academic High School
Former Banneker building front, seen from the east
Address
1600 9th St NW Washington, DC 20001 United States
Coordinates	38°54′44″N 77°1′27″W / 38.91222°N 77.02417°W / 38.91222; -77.02417
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	"Embrace the spirit of teaching and learning"
Established	1981 (43 years ago) (1981)
School district	District of Columbia Public Schools Ward 1
CEEB code	090017
Principal	Anita M. Berger
Faculty	34.0 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	454 (2015-16)
Student to teacher ratio	11.56
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Red, white, blue
Mascot	Bulldog
Website	www.benjaminbanneker.org

Benjamin Banneker Academic High School (BBAHS) is a magnet high school located in Washington, D.C., that was originally built to serve as a neighborhood Junior High School. The school's name commemorates Benjamin Banneker, an African-American scientist, surveyor, almanac author and farmer. In 1980, the school was converted to a magnet high school for academics. The school is colloquially referred to by students and faculty as "Banneker".

Banneker was formerly located across the street from Howard University, but in 2021 a new campus opened at former Shaw Middle School site in Shaw. The former Banneker building will then become the site of Shaw Middle School following renovations. The school draws students from all parts of the city. Any student interested in applying must follow an entrance procedure, involving a multiple choice test, a written essay, an interview, recommendation(s), and a report of the applicant's standardized test scores and grades from previous years.

The school's enrollment as of the 2023-2024 school year is 671 students spanning from grades 9 through 12. Benjamin Banneker Academic High School is an IB Diploma Programme world school. Banneker AHS is consistently ranked among the best high schools in the United States in U.S. News & World Report's national rankings, coming in 575th in 2015, 602nd in 2017, and 136th in 2021. In the District, Banneker is among the top high schools, awarded 2nd in 2015, 3rd in 2017, and 2nd in 2021. The school was also a National Blue Ribbon school in 1991, 2007, 2017, and 2023.

Community

The school hosted President Barack Obama for the yearly "Back To School" speech in September 2011 and October 2016.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The school offers boys and girls basketball, volleyball, softball, tennis, track & field, cross country, soccer, and boys basketball and soccer.

Robotics

The robotics club has participated in the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams competition, twice winning a grant for their inventions: "Cell-Mate" (a cell-phone locker, 2006) and "DeadStop" (a door-hinge locker to prevent classroom access to terrorists, 2013). These successful inventions have showcased at other events, and the students applied for patents for their work.

NASA OPSPARC competition

In the 2018 OPSPARC competition for students to invent a new use for NASA technology, Mikayla Sharrieff, India Skinner and Bria Snell, three black Banneker juniors, won second place with equipment to remove lead from school water fountains. The public voting component of the final was cut short after members of 4chan disrupted voting by both discouraging voting for the girls on racial grounds and hacking.

References

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11. "Benjamin Banneker Academic High School InvenTeam, Washington, DC: School emergency door-locking mechanism". Lemelson-MIT. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
12. Lemelson-MIT Program (October 16, 2013). "2013-2014 InvenTeams Grants Announced" (Press release). Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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14. Bui, Hoai-Tran (October 25, 2013). "D.C. Students Invent Emergency Door Lock to Stop Shooters". NBC News. National Broadcasting Company (NBC). Retrieved August 18, 2017.
15. "NASA's 2018 OPSPARC Winners Discovered a Spark in Innovation". NASA. May 18, 2018. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
16. Stein, Perry (May 2, 2018). "Three black teens are finalists in a NASA competition. Hackers spewing racism tried to ruin their odds". Washington Post. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
17. Stein, Perry (November 22, 2018). "Racist hackers tried to ruin their chances in a NASA competition. Six months later, they're undeterred". Washington Post – via San Francisco Chronicle.

External links

• Official website

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