I.S. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 24 · Queens · DBN 24Q073

8th graders, 2026: 584
Sat the SHSAT: 241
Took the test: 41%
Offers: 48

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. 73 admitted sixth graders through 4 programs (Screened, Language Criteria, Open, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School I.S. 73 Screened Program, had 143 general education applicants for 48 seats, 3 applicants per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at I.S. 73, 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
Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School I.S. 73 Screened ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Screened	48	143	3	Yes	12	4	0
I.S. 73 Spanish Dual Language ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Language Criteria	24	37	2	No	6	4	1
The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate STEM Program (I.S. 73)Open to New York City residents	Open	121	163	1	Yes	29	22	1
The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School (I.S. 73) Zoned ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Zone Priority	265	111	0	No	70	27	0

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Grover Cleveland High School, Aviation Career & Technical Education High School and Maspeth 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, 584 eighth graders at I.S. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School applied to high school and 241 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 41%. Across District 24 the rate was 29%, so this school sits 12 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 4th of 15 in District 24 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 15 in District 24, above the median of 208.

48 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 20% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. That is the 17th highest count in the city, inside the group of 20 middle schools that together received 1,602 of the 4,023 offers.

The number of testers ended close to where it began, 225 in 2022 admissions and 241 in 2026, but not in a straight line: it fell by 95 between 2023 and 2024. Offers went from 29 in 2022 to 48 in 2026.

Within District 24, no school received more offers in 2026 admissions; this one accounts for 42% of the 113 published for the district.

Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 24 of its students in 2022, 14 in 2023, 14 in 2024, 17 in 2025 and 17 in 2026.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at I.S. 73 - The Frank Sansivieri Intermediate School by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	713	225	32%	29	24
2023	750	291	39%	35	14
2024	663	196	30%	43	14
2025	564	212	38%	36	17
2026	584	241	41%	48	17
District 24, 2026	3,887	1,144	29%	at least 113
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 24 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below I.S. 73 when District 24’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Secondary School for Arts and Technology55% of 62 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
P.S. 102 Bayview52% of 125 sat the test · 7 offers
P.S./I.S. 119 The Glendale44% of 208 sat the test · 26 offers
I.S. 5 - The Walter Crowley Intermediate School41% of 389 sat the test · 12 offers
P.S. 128 The Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elementary School39% of 84 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
P.S. 049 Dorothy Bonawit Kole38% of 136 sat the test · 10 offers

Every school in District 24, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, I.S. 73 received 48 specialized high school offers for 241 students who sat the SHSAT: 19.9 per 100. That ranks it #20 of 38 in Queens and #55 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. 73, 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. 73, 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. 73 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 24Q073; 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.