Scarsdale High School

New York · 103 alumni prominent enough for Wikipedia. Tables below need at least 3 people before a trait can appear.

All of history equally The last decade or two Recent decades The last half-century

The era pills change the weighting: "recent decades" (the default) counts someone who graduated around 2010 far more than someone from 1940.

Prominent alumni

Liza Minnelli b. 1946	Richard Holbrooke b. 1941	Aaron Sorkin b. 1961
Linda McCartney b. 1941	Ivan Sutherland b. 1938	Eve Ensler b. 1953
Brewster Kahle b. 1960	Gordon Gould b. 1920	Jonathan Haidt b. 1963
Tovah Feldshuh b. 1952	Jeffrey A. Hoffman b. 1944	Andy Jassy b. 1968

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
journalist	24.5%	23
actor	18.6%	12
writer	15.5%	21
television actor	15.3%	6
film actor	14.6%	6
television producer	9.8%	9
businessperson	6.6%	9
screenwriter	6.6%	6
basketball player	6.3%	5
entrepreneur	5.9%	4
university professor	5.4%	13
novelist	4.8%	6
playwright	3.9%	7
lawyer	3.7%	5
composer	3.2%	3

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this occupation as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Occupation	× the national rate	People
women's rights activist	15.8×	3
human rights defender	15.0×	3
essayist	7.9×	3
playwright	7.6×	7
historian	4.9×	5
journalist	4.4×	23
physician	3.9×	3
entrepreneur	3.5×	4
university professor	3.3×	13
poet	2.9×	3
novelist	2.8×	6
television producer	2.8×	9
diplomat	2.4×	3
writer	2.4×	21
businessperson	2.4×	9

Employers

Most common

Employer	% of its alumni	People
New York University	2.2%	5
Harvard University	1.7%	7
NPR	1.0%	3
Princeton University	0.8%	3

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this employer as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Employer	× the national rate	People
NPR	13.8×	3
New York University	9.4×	5
Princeton University	4.7×	3
Harvard University	4.4×	7

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
Guggenheim Fellowship	4.9%	15
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	1.4%	4
The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism	0.8%	3
MacArthur Fellows Program	0.8%	3

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this award as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Award	× the national rate	People
The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism	37.7×	3
Guggenheim Fellowship	5.5×	15
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	5.2×	4
MacArthur Fellows Program	2.6×	3

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	6.3%	5

Most overrepresented

"3×" = this school's noted alumni are three times as likely to have this sport as noted high-school alumni nationally.

Sport	× the national rate	People

Notes for the methodologically curious. Shares and multiples use recency weighting (people who came of age recently count more, per the era pills) and shrinkage: each school gets 20 virtual alumni at national rates, so a school with 4 noted alumni can't post a 200× multiple. High-school data on Wikidata is far sparser than college data — a missing trait usually means Wikipedia editors didn't record it, not that no alumnus has it.