Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)

California · 58 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

Ralph Bunche b. 1904	Etta James b. 1938	Barry White b. 1944
Alvin Ailey b. 1931	Dexter Gordon b. 1923	Woody Strode b. 1914
Mal Whitfield b. 1924	Art Farmer b. 1928	Juanita Moore b. 1914
Johnny "Guitar" Watson b. 1935	Chico Hamilton b. 1921	Roy Ayers b. 1940

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
musician	36.7%	20
composer	30.5%	15
jazz musician	29.5%	20
singer	26.1%	13
basketball player	15.2%	6
singer-songwriter	14.1%	5
recording artist	12.7%	5
actor	11.4%	9
American football player	10.0%	5
saxophonist	7.8%	6
record producer	7.1%	3
film actor	5.6%	5
pianist	5.3%	3
drummer	4.0%	3
dancer	3.5%	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
saxophonist	16.8×	6
jazz musician	15.1×	20
recording artist	8.1×	5
drummer	4.8×	3
composer	3.9×	15
pianist	3.5×	3
musician	3.5×	20
singer-songwriter	2.8×	5
dancer	2.4×	3
singer	2.2×	13
record producer	2.1×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
NEA Jazz Masters	5.5%	4

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
NEA Jazz Masters	56.8×	4

Sports

Most common

Sport	% of its alumni	People
basketball	15.2%	6
American football	10.0%	5
athletics	6.7%	4

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
athletics	1.7×	4

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.