Scarsdale High School
| Scarsdale High School | |
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Scarsdale High School seal
Non Sibi (Not for One's Self)
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| Location | |
| 1057 Post Road Scarsdale, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°59′41″N 73°47′35″W / 40.99472°N 73.79306°WCoordinates: 40°59′41″N 73°47′35″W / 40.99472°N 73.79306°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1917 |
| School district | Scarsdale Union Free School District |
| Principal | Kenneth Bonamo |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | approx. 1,600 |
| Color(s) |
Maroon White |
| Athletics | Baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, crew, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, skiing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling |
| Athletics conference | Section 1 (NYSPHSAA) |
| Mascot | Bandersnatch |
| Team name | Raiders |
| Average SAT scores | 633 verbal 656 math 646 writing (2015) |
| Newspaper | Maroon |
| Website | scarsdaleschools |
Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a public high school in Scarsdale, New York, 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 very 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." 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.
From the graduating class of 2009, 98% continued their education with college programs, and 96% entered 130 different four-year national and international colleges and universities. 15 students in the class of 2010 (4%) were named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists, and 66 (18%) students received National Merit Letters of commendation. Between 2007 and 2009, Scarsdale High School made a transition from Advanced Placement (AP) to Advanced Topics (AT) courses.
In the 2009–10 school year, SHS had a professional staff of 164 with a median teaching experience of 14 years. 98% of the faculty held a master's degree, 76% had 30 credits or more beyond a master's, and 12% had doctorate degrees. The student faculty ratio is 9 to 1, and its teachers have one of the highest paying salaries in the country; 44% had a base-salary of over $100,000 in 2005.
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 being of Japanese origins 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. Principal Judy Fox formed the Multicultural Steering Committee to try to resolve racial tensions within the school.
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