I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 31 · Staten Island · DBN 31R049
- 8th graders, 2025
- 133
- Sat the SHSAT
- 15
- Took the test
- 11%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 133 eighth graders at I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus applied to high school, and only 15 of them sat the SHSAT (11%). Across District 31 the rate was 32%, so this school sits 21 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It had the lowest participation of the 14 schools in District 31 that published both counts. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 31: 10th of 16, against a median of 303.
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 7 of the 16 schools listed in District 31 for 2025.
The number of testers went from 28 in 2022 admissions to 15 in 2025, down 13. The sharpest move came between 2024 and 2025, when it fell by 25. The eighth grade itself shrank from 188 to 133 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.
In District 31, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from I.S. 075 Frank D. Paulo (35), out of 167 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 188 | 28 | 15% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 176 | 30 | 17% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 170 | 40 | 24% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 133 | 15 | 11% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 31, 2025 | 4,381 | 1,361 | 32% | at least 167 | |
| 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 31 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus when District 31’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- I.S. 007 Elias Bernstein34% of 407 sat the test · 25 offers
- The Michael J. Petrides School28% of 127 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 034 Tottenville27% of 384 sat the test · 11 offers
- I.S. 027 Anning S. Prall21% of 301 sat the test · 14 offers
- I.S. 051 Edwin Markham16% of 381 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 061 William a Morris14% of 304 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 I.S. 49 Berta A. Dreyfus, 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 31R049. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.