American Dream Charter School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
Charter schools · Bronx · DBN 84X471
- 8th graders, 2026
- 23
- Sat the SHSAT
- 5 or fewer (not published)
- Took the test
- not published (a count is masked)
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
SHSAT 2026: registration October 6–30; the test is November 14–15 (School Day November 18, 9th grade November 21).
In 2026 admissions, 23 eighth graders at American Dream Charter School applied to high school. The number who sat the SHSAT was 5 or fewer, a count the DOE does not publish, so no participation rate can be given for that year. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in the charter sector: 134th of 167, against a median of 44.
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 159 of the 170 schools listed in the charter sector for 2026.
2024 is the only year with a published tester count for this school: 7 of 15 eighth graders (47%). In 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026, the tester count was 5 or fewer and is not published. The eighth grade shrank from 89 in 2022 to 23 in 2026.
In the charter sector, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from Success Academy Charter School - Hell's Kitchen (36), out of 157 published for the charter sector as a whole. The DOE’s file lists every charter school under district code 84, whatever its borough, so the comparison here is with other charter schools across the city, not with the neighborhood.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89 | 5 or fewer (not published) | n/a | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 16 | 5 or fewer (not published) | n/a | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 15 | 7 | 47% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 11 | 5 or fewer (not published) | n/a | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 23 | 5 or fewer (not published) | n/a | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| Charter schools, 2026 | 8,384 | 3,223 | 41% | at least 157 | |
| New York City, 2026 | 26,123 | 4,023 |
“2026 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2025-26 school year and received offers for fall 2026, as in the DOE’s Fall 2026 SHSAT and Discovery Summary. “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.
Charter schools with a similar-sized eighth grade
American Dream Charter School has no published participation rate for 2026, so these are the schools in the charter sector whose eighth grade is closest in size to its 23.
- Uncommon Crown Heights Charter School NYC23 eighth graders · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Harbor Science and Arts Charter School23 eighth graders · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Uncommon Excellence Boys Charter School NYC41% of 22 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Bedford Stuyvesant Collegiate Charter School33% of 24 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Community Partnership Charter School25% of 24 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Renaissance Charter School64% of 22 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
See how this school ranks
American Dream Charter School is not ranked for 2026 admissions: the DOE did not publish enough of its counts.
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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 American Dream Charter School, 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 19, 2026.
Your child is in 6th or 7th grade
A 7th grader sits the SHSAT in fall 2027; a 6th grader, in fall 2028.
The test comes in the fall of 8th grade, so there is no deadline yet, and that is the point: starting now leaves time to work on reading and math at a steady pace instead of in the last weeks. The counts above show what happened at American Dream Charter School, not where your child stands. We start with a scored official practice test, which does.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications are open until December 11.
Start with how many families applied for each seat last year: the DOE publishes it program by program. The middle school you choose is also where the SHSAT years happen, so ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the test and how they prepare them.
- How hard American Dream Charter School is to get into
- SHSAT preparation: what it involves and when to start
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
American Dream Charter School is a school figure. Your child needs a score.
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 84X471; 2026 figures from the DOE’s Fall 2026 SHSAT and Discovery Summary on InfoHub, not yet on NYC Open Data. Rebuilt 2026-10-04. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 735 middle schools.