Academy of Arts and Letters: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 13 · Brooklyn · DBN 13K492
- 8th graders, 2025
- 83
- Sat the SHSAT
- 41
- Took the test
- 49%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 83 eighth graders at Academy of Arts and Letters applied to high school and 41 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 49%. Across District 13 the rate was 42%, so this school sits 7 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 3rd of 7 in District 13 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 3rd largest of 9 in District 13, above the median of 65.
The number of its students who received an offer to a specialized high school was 5 or fewer. The DOE does not publish counts that small, so it could be any number from zero to five; this page does not guess. That is the case at 8 of the 9 schools listed in District 13 for 2025.
The number of testers went from 32 in 2022 admissions to 41 in 2025, up 9. The sharpest move came between 2024 and 2025, when it rose by 10. The eighth grade itself grew from 57 to 83 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test. Offers went from 15 in 2022 to 10 in 2023. In 2024 and 2025, the offer count was 5 or fewer and was not published.
In District 13, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from I.S. 915 (12), out of 12 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57 | 32 | 56% | 15 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 87 | 29 | 33% | 10 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 79 | 31 | 39% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 83 | 41 | 49% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 13, 2025 | 555 | 197 | 42% | at least 12 | |
| New York City, 2025 | 25,933 | 4,023 |
“2025 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2024-25 school year and received offers for fall 2025, as in the DOE’s admissions outcomes report. “8th graders” counts the school’s eighth graders who applied to high school; “took the test” divides testers by that count when both are published. The district row adds the published counts of its schools, so its offers are a floor; the city row is the DOE’s own total. “Not listed” means the school is absent from that year’s file.
Schools in District 13 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Academy of Arts and Letters when District 13’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- Restoration Academy Magnet School of Global Exploration and Innovation56% of 39 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 91550% of 90 sat the test · 12 offers
- Fort Greene Preparatory Academy42% of 65 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Dock Street School for STEAM Studies40% of 91 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- M.S. K266 - Park Place Community Middle School33% of 18 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- M.S. 113 Ronald Edmonds Learning Center26% of 78 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
What to do with these numbers
Your child is in 8th grade now
Registration closes October 30. Test day: November 18.
November 18 is the SHSAT School Day; the weekend sittings are November 14/15 and November 21. Whatever the count at Academy of Arts and Letters, the decision to sit the test is yours, and a scored official practice test tells you more about your own child than any school figure.
- How to register for the SHSAT, step by step
- Score an official SHSAT practice test, free
- Book an SHSAT session
Dates read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications: October 14 to December 11.
The middle school you choose now is where the SHSAT years happen. These counts show how many eighth graders sit the test at each school and how many get an offer; they do not say why. Ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the SHSAT and how they prepare them, and plan the preparation for 6th and 7th grade, not for the October of 8th.
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
Figures from Specialized High Schools Admissions Tests Results (school counts) and Specialized High Schools Admissions Overall Summary (city totals), New York City Department of Education, as listed for DBN 13K492. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.