I.S. 025 Adrien Block: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 25 · Queens · DBN 25Q025

8th graders, 2026: 376
Sat the SHSAT: 198
Took the test: 53%
Offers: 42

SHSAT 2026: registration October 6–30; the test is November 14–15 (School Day November 18, 9th grade November 21).

For families choosing a middle school

Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)

In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, I.S. 025 Adrien Block admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (Screened, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, I.S. 025 Adrien Block Screened Program, had 162 general education applicants for 25 seats, 6 applicants per seat in the DOE's count; only 17 of the city's 659 programs with a published figure had a higher one.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at I.S. 025 Adrien Block, Fall 2026 middle school admissions, from the New York City Department of Education.
Program	Admissions method	General education seats				Students with disabilities
Program	Admissions method	Seats	Applicants	Per seat	All filled	Seats	Applicants	Per seat
I.S. 025 Adrien Block Screened ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Screened	25	162	6	Yes	5	11	2
Achievement through the ArtsOpen to New York City residents	Zone Priority	222	230	1	Yes	48	45	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Francis Lewis High School, Bayside High School and The Bronx High School of Science as the high schools its students most often attend.

Fall 2026 admissions: families applied in fall 2025 for sixth grade in September 2026. Seats, applicants and applicants per seat are the DOE’s, from its Fall 2026 Middle School Data file on InfoHub (saved by the DOE 2026-09-18), the same figures MySchools shows as last year’s demand. The DOE counts applicants this way: “MySchools shows the true number of applicants who were considered for a seat in a program, meaning this number excludes applicants who matched to a more preferred choice from their application.” (schools.nyc.gov, read October 4, 2026). Applicants per seat is the DOE’s own figure, rounded to a whole number, so 0 means fewer than one applicant for every two seats. “All filled” is the DOE’s flag for whether every seat in that group was filled; “n/a” means the file gives no figure. Seats and demand change every year; this page does not turn them into a chance of admission.

In 2026 admissions, 198 of the 376 eighth graders at I.S. 025 Adrien Block who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 53%, more than half the grade. Across District 25 the rate was 46%, so this school sits 6 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 5th of 15 in District 25 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 3rd largest of 15 in District 25, above the median of 100.

42 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 21% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It is the 21st highest count of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers went from 167 in 2022 admissions to 198 in 2026, up 31. Offers went from 36 in 2022 to 42 in 2026.

In District 25, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker (72), out of 254 published for the district as a whole.

Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 11 of its students in 2026 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at I.S. 025 Adrien Block by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	343	167	49%	36	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	353	184	52%	40	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	346	151	44%	40	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	366	174	48%	40	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	376	198	53%	42	11
District 25, 2026	2,810	1,306	46%	at least 254
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.

Schools in District 25 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below I.S. 025 Adrien Block when District 25’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker61% of 523 sat the test · 72 offers
Bell Academy59% of 135 sat the test · 17 offers
East-West School of International Studies57% of 100 sat the test · 8 offers
I.S. 23748% of 459 sat the test · 52 offers
J.H.S. 189 Daniel Carter Beard46% of 222 sat the test · 18 offers
J.H.S. 194 William Carr43% of 331 sat the test · 31 offers

Every school in District 25, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, I.S. 025 Adrien Block received 42 specialized high school offers for 198 students who sat the SHSAT: 21.2 per 100. That ranks it #19 of 38 in Queens and #52 of 105 citywide, among schools with at least 30 test-takers.

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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 I.S. 025 Adrien Block, 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.

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 I.S. 025 Adrien Block, 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.

Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.

I.S. 025 Adrien Block 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 25Q025; 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.