Scarsdale High School

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Scarsdale High School from the Brewster Road entrance
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Scarsdale High School
1057 Post Road
Scarsdale, New York 10583

United States
Coordinates 40°59′41″N73°47′35″W / 40.99472°N 73.79306°W / 40.99472; -73.79306
Information
Type Public high school
MottoNon Sibi (Not for One's Self)
Established1917
School district Scarsdale Union Free School District
PrincipalKenneth Bonamo
Grades 9–12
Number of students1,530 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio11.66 [1]
Color(s)  Maroon
  White
AthleticsBaseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, crew, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, ultimate frisbee
Athletics conference Section 1 (NYSPHSAA)
Team nameRaiders
USNWR ranking776 [2]
Newspaper Maroon
Website scarsdaleschools.k12.ny.us/shs

Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a public high school in Scarsdale, New York, United States, a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York. It is a part of the Scarsdale Union Free School District.

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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." [3] 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. [4] In 1983 the school was awarded the National Blue Ribbon Award. [5]

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. [3] Between 2007 and 2009, Scarsdale High School made a transition from Advanced Placement (AP) to Advanced Topics (AT) courses. [6] [7]

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, [3] and its teachers have one of the highest paying salaries in the country: 44% had a base-salary of over $100,000 in 2005. [8]

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The school is 14.7% Asian, 1.4% Black, 7.8% Hispanic, 68.4% White and 5.7% other. [1]

Ethnic populations

Japanese

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. [9] Principal Judy Fox formed the Multicultural Steering Committee to try to resolve racial tensions within the school. [10]

Chinese

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. [11]

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