Polytechnic School

California · 38 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

Julia Child b. 1912	Bruce Beutler b. 1957	Howard Hawks b. 1896
George Reeves b. 1914	Charley Paddock b. 1900	Mike White b. 1970
Stephen J. Cannell b. 1941	Spencer Grammer b. 1983	Alison Sweeney b. 1976
Steve Cohen b. 1949	Kevin Greutert b. 1965	Francis Otto Matthiessen b. 1902

Occupations

Most common

Occupation	% of its alumni	People
actor	26.3%	10
screenwriter	21.1%	8
film producer	18.4%	7
film director	18.4%	7
television actor	15.8%	6
writer	15.8%	6
film actor	13.2%	5
film editor	7.9%	3
lawyer	7.9%	3
television producer	7.9%	3
novelist	7.9%	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
film editor	22.5×	3
film producer	5.0×	7
film director	4.5×	7
screenwriter	4.1×	8
television producer	3.7×	3
novelist	3.5×	3
writer	2.2×	6
actor	2.2×	10
television actor	1.9×	6
film actor	1.7×	5
lawyer	1.6×	3

Awards

Most common

Award	% of its alumni	People
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	7.9%	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
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame	5.3×	3

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.