Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT)
Coverage of Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT) in the Nexus archive.
- Small percentage of Black students given offers to NYC’s specialized high schools
Black students received 3.5% of offers to NYC's specialized high schools, with Asian students receiving over 50% and white students 23%. Stuyvesant High School and Staten Island Technical High School issued minimal offers to Black students. The admissions process relies on the SHSAT, except for LaGuardia High School, and faces calls for reform due to racial inequities.
- NYC’s Elite Specialized High Schools Admit Disproportionately Few Black Students
New York City's specialized high schools, which rely on the SHSAT for admissions, offered disproportionately few seats to Black students, with only 3.5% of total offers going to them despite comprising 19.3% of the city's student population. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to review the admissions results to address racial and economic inequities.
- Just 1 Black student gets into Staten Island Tech as racial gaps at specialized high schools persist
Just one Black student received an offer to Staten Island Technical High School out of nearly 300, while Stuyvesant and the High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering also saw historically low numbers for Black students. Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans to review the admissions process, which relies on the SHSAT test, as racial disparities persist despite slight increases in Black and Latino student offers compared to previous years.