James Madison High School (New York)
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| James Madison High School |
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| Established | Over 75 years ago. |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | Joseph Gogliormella |
| Students | 4004 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Location | 3787 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York City, NY 11229 , United States |
| Colors | Black & Gold |
| Telephone | (718) 758-7200 |
| School Number | 428 |
James Madison High School is a public high school located at 3787 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, and educates grades 9 through 12. It is part of Region 6 in the New York City Department of Education. The current principal is Joseph Gogliormella.
Built over 75 years ago, James Madison has graduated several Nobel Prize winners, famous musicians, authors, sports players, and a United States Supreme Court Justice.
The 2006 election of Bernard Sanders (I-VT) to the U.S. Senate, meant that three sitting Senators, including Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Norm Coleman (R-MN), will be graduates of James Madison.
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[edit] Notable Alumni
- Cal Abrams, Major League Baseball Player
- Larry Baxter, Professional Basketball Player
- Gary Becker, Nobel Prize Winner - Economics
- Mimi Benzell, Opera Singer (deceased)
- Albert Blumenthal, New York State Assembly Leader
- Andrew Dice Clay, Comedian
- Norm Coleman, US Senator (Minnesota)
- Stanley Cohen, Nobel Prize winner
- Sonny Fox, T.V. Personality
- William Gaines, Publisher of Mad Magazine
- Marty Glickman, Olympian, Sports Broadcaster
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice
- Stanley Kaplan, Educational Testing Innovator
- Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize Author
- Carole King (Klein), class of 1955, singer/songwriter
- Martin Landau, Actor
- Rudy LaRusso, Professional Basketball Player
- John William Malone, U.S Congressman
- Bruce Morrow, "Cousin Brucie" of Radio
- Sylvia Porter, Financial Columnist (deceased)
- Chris Rock, Comedian
- Bernard Sanders, U.S. Senator (Vermont)
- Charles Schumer, U.S. Senator (New York)
- Irwin Shaw, Novelist (deceased)
- Judy Blum Sheindlin, Judge/T.V. Personality
- Claire Shulman Kantoff, Queens Borough President
- Janis Siegel, Singer
- Robert Solow, Nobel Prize Winner-Economics
- Frank Torre, Professional Baseball player
- Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, University President
[edit] Statistics
Total Student Population 4,004 Female 1,848 46.15% Male 2,156 53.85%
Ethnicity American Indian 7 =0.17% Asian / Pac. Islam 638 =15.93% Hispanic 497 =12.41% Black 916 =22.88% White 1,880 =46.95% Not Reported 66 =1.65%
English Language Learners (ELL) ELL 317 7.92%
Special Education General Ed 3,688 92.11% Least Restrictive Environment 189 4.72% Most Restrictive Environment 127 3.17%
