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.
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]
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The school is 14.7% Asian, 1.4% Black, 7.8% Hispanic, 68.4% White and 5.7% other.[1]
^ abc"Scarsdale Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
^"SCARSDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". USNWR. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
^ ab"Academics". Niche. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
^ 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.
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