The “popular” kids from our public high school are somewhere. The “high achievers” – who won academic awards and competitions in math or debate – at least those I’ve kept track of – have in a couple of cases done extremely well, e.g., in legal field and journalism, where they have national reputations. From other years, the school has turned out some extremely well known entrepreneurs, film makers, and others notable enough to also have articles about them in Wikipedia. On the whole, however, those numbers are small relative to the number of graduates. The school has also graduated some who were very successful (and well-known) athletes at college or professonal levels.