Bell Academy: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 25 · Queens · DBN 25Q294
- 8th graders, 2025
- 101
- Sat the SHSAT
- 58
- Took the test
- 57%
- Offers
- 18
In 2025 admissions, 58 of the 101 eighth graders at Bell Academy who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 57%, more than half the grade. Across District 25 the rate was 44%, so this school sits 14 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 3rd of 15 in District 25 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 8th largest of 15 in District 25, above the median of 101.
18 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 31% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It ranks 57th of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers went from 46 in 2022 admissions to 58 in 2025, up 12. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it rose by 14. Offers went from 13 in 2022 to 18 in 2025, with a high of 31 in 2024.
In District 25, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker (73), out of 255 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 93 | 46 | 49% | 13 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 120 | 60 | 50% | 16 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 133 | 67 | 50% | 31 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 101 | 58 | 57% | 18 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 25, 2025 | 2,799 | 1,221 | 44% | at least 255 | |
| 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 25 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Bell Academy when District 25’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- The Queens College School for Math, Science and Technology75% of 67 sat the test · 20 offers
- East-West School of International Studies61% of 114 sat the test · 12 offers
- J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker54% of 496 sat the test · 73 offers
- J.H.S. 194 William Carr49% of 363 sat the test · 40 offers
- P.S. 219 Paul Klapper49% of 71 sat the test · 9 offers
- I.S. 025 Adrien Block48% of 366 sat the test · 40 offers
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 Bell Academy, 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 25Q294. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.