The answer is yes.
yes
To make sure you where listening upto then
Exams not in your schools.
lots of schools
French exams are typically called "examens" or "épreuves" in French. This can vary depending on the specific type of exam, such as "le baccalauréat" for the national high school diploma exam.
Many state high schools offer French as a second language. There are no known specific bilingual schools. French is not offered as a subject in many Christian schools such as those found in the Lutheran system, or independent Christian schools, as demand is not high for this language as a subject.
yes, different schools requires different scores.
French children have 6 periods in high school
French children have two exams in high school; the "Brevet des Collèges" at the end of junior high school and the "Baccalauréat" at the end of high school before going to University.
Polk spent two years as a teenager in two private schools and learned enough to pass the entrance exams at University of North Carolina. High schools as we know them today did not exist in Polk's day,
some high schools, but very few, are working on Saturday mornings. It is very rare nowadays.
Sadly no