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The number of Black and Hispanic students admitted to New York City’s specialized high schools remained disproportionately low but ticked up slightly this year, the DOE said Tuesday.
Education NYC specialized high school admissions: Black, Hispanic students receive less than 10% of offers, data shows Published: Aug. 01, 2025, 12:27 p.m.
Black students’ admission to New York City’s prestigious specialized high schools remains persistently low, even as numbers increased slightly, according to new data, and some critics say ...
Nearly half of all New York City students who took the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) for the 2022-2023 school year where Black or Latinx -- but, only 9% received an offer ...
What to Know Specialized High School Admissions Test results for the 2021-2022 school year admissions show offers to the city's Black and Latino students in percentage terms are down over both ...
In a school system whose total enrollment is 41% Latino, 26% Black, 16% Asian and 15% white, the specialized high schools have grown disproportionately Asian and white over the past years.