The school was founded in 1917. In its first selection process, the United States Department of Education named Scarsdale High School as "one of the 144 exemplary schools to which others may look for patterns of success."[4] According to a study done for U.S. News & World Report, Scarsdale High School is in the nation's top 100 for math and science.[5] In 1983 the school was awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award.[6]
From the graduating class of 2017, 98% continued their education with college programs, and 97% entered four-year national and international colleges and universities. Thirteen students in the class of 2017 (3%) were named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, and 27 (7%) students received National Merit Letters of commendation.[4] Between 2007 and 2009, Scarsdale High School made a transition from Advanced Placement (AP) to Advanced Topics (AT) courses.[7][8]
In the 2017–18 school year, SHS had a professional staff of 156 with a median teaching experience of 19 years. 99% of the faculty held a master's degree, 81% had 30 credits or more beyond a master's, and 4% had doctorate degrees. The student faculty ratio is 11.66 to 1,[4] and its teachers have one of the highest paying salaries in the country: 44% had a base-salary of over $100,000 in 2005.[9]
The school is 14.7% Asian, 1.4% Black, 7.8% Hispanic, 68.4% White and 5.7% other.[1]
Ethnic populationsedit
Japaneseedit
Around 1986 only 5% of the school was of Asian origins. By 1991 large numbers of Japanese students enrolled at Scarsdale High because their fathers, on business assignments from Japanese companies, moved to Scarsdale for the quality of the schools. By that year almost 20% of the students were of Asian origins, most of them were of Japanese ancestry and a few being of Chinese and Korean origins. The school established an English as a second language (ESL) program to help Japanese students adjust. Initially the Japanese students faced hostility from many of the American students, and some Japanese students had hostility towards classmates they felt were becoming too Americanized and/or socialized too much with Americans. Therefore, the Japanese and American students socialized separately.[10] Principal Judy Fox formed the Multicultural Steering Committee to try to resolve racial tensions within the school.[11]
Chineseedit
According to the 2010 census, around 5.9% of the population is of Chinese origin. Based on information provided by the Scarsdale Chinese Association, (SCA) many of these people came to America after college for better job opportunities.[citation needed] They eventually settled in the US, and when they had children, decided to live in Scarsdale for the proximity to train stations going to New York City, and for the schools. Mandarin is now taught in Scarsdale High School, with the possibility of being integrated into the Scarsdale Middle School world language curriculum as well.[12]
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^ abc"Scarsdale High School Profile" (PDF). Scarsdale High School. 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 2, 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^Chapman, Mark (2012-05-09). "Scarsdale High School in Nation's Top 100 for Math, Science". The Scarsdale Daily Voice. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
^"National Blue Ribbon Schools Program - Schools recognized 1982 through 2015" (PDF). Retrieved August 23, 2022.
^Scharfenberg, David (February 18, 2007). "Scarsdale Seeks Alternative to Advanced Placement". The New York Times.
^Hu, Winnie (December 6, 2008). "Scarsdale Adjusts to Life Without Advanced Placement Courses". The New York Times. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
^Fessenden, Ford; Barbanel, Josh (June 5, 2005). "6-Figure Salaries? To Many Teachers, a Matter of Course". The New York Times.
^Handelman, David. "The Japanning of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. 40-45. - CITED: p. 41.
^Handelman, David. "The Japanizing of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. 40-45. - CITED: p. 42.
^Wallenstein, Joanne. "The Chinese Community is at Home in Scarsdale". Scarsdale. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
^Bagli, Charles (17 September 2021). "Robert Durst Found Guilty of Murder After Decades of Suspicion". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
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