I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 31 · Staten Island · DBN 31R072

8th graders, 2026: 504
Sat the SHSAT: 172
Took the test: 34%
Offers: 17

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. 072 Rocco Laurie admitted sixth graders through 4 programs (Open, ASD/ACES Program, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, Rocco Laurie (I.S. 72), had 356 general education applicants for 317 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie, 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
Rocco Laurie Literacy Intervention and Dyslexia Support ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Open	21	15	1	No	9	19	2
Rocco Laurie ASD Nest ProgramOpen to students currently enrolled in the Nest program. If you are applying to Autism programs for the first time, please visit www.schools.nyc.gov/specializedprograms for the application and contact AutismPrograms@schools.nyc.gov with questions.	ASD/ACES Program	0	0	n/a	No	21	4	0
Rocco Laurie ASD Horizon ProgramOpen to students currently in an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Horizon program. If you are not currently an ASD Horizon student and are interested in the program, please contact asdprograms@schools.nyc.gov	ASD/ACES Program	0	0	n/a	No	21	12	1
Rocco Laurie (I.S. 72)Open to New York City residents	Zone Priority	317	356	1	Yes	90	91	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Susan E. Wagner High School, Port Richmond High School and Tottenville High School 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, 504 eighth graders at I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie applied to high school and 172 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 34%. That is close to the 32% rate across District 31. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 6th of 14 in District 31 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 16 in District 31, above the median of 303.

17 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 10% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 57th of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers went from 197 in 2022 admissions to 172 in 2026, down 25. The sharpest move came between 2023 and 2024, when it fell by 48. Offers went from 23 in 2022 to 17 in 2026, with a high of 29 in 2025.

In District 31, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from I.S. 075 Frank D. Paulo (48), out of 161 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. 072 Rocco Laurie by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	553	197	36%	23	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	508	196	39%	27	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	474	148	31%	22	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	533	187	35%	29	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	504	172	34%	17	11
District 31, 2026	4,323	1,364	32%	at least 161
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 31 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie when District 31’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

I.S. 024 Myra S. Barnes44% of 452 sat the test · 31 offers
Marsh Avenue School for Expeditionary Learning43% of 147 sat the test · 6 offers
P.S. 048 William G. Wilcox38% of 130 sat the test · 7 offers
I.S. 007 Elias Bernstein33% of 405 sat the test · 18 offers
Staten Island School of Civic Leadership32% of 93 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
I.S. 027 Anning S. Prall29% of 289 sat the test · 9 offers

Every school in District 31, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, I.S. 072 Rocco Laurie received 17 specialized high school offers for 172 students who sat the SHSAT: 9.9 per 100. That ranks it #7 of 9 in Staten Island and #89 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. 072 Rocco Laurie, 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. 072 Rocco Laurie, 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. 072 Rocco Laurie 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 31R072; 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.