P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 11 · Bronx · DBN 11X498
- 8th graders, 2026
- 94
- Sat the SHSAT
- 34
- Took the test
- 36%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
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, P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (D75 Special Education Inclusive Services, Zone Priority).
Its most requested program, Van Nest Academy (P.S./M.S. 498), had 109 general education applicants for 71 seats, 2 applicants per seat in the DOE's count.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| Van Nest Academy D75 Inclusion Program (P.S./M.S. 498)Open to students currently in or recommended for District 75 Special Education Inclusive Services. If you are not currently in or recommended for these services, please contact D75info@schools.nyc.gov. | D75 Special Education Inclusive Services | n/a | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4 | n/a |
| Van Nest Academy (P.S./M.S. 498)Open to New York City residents | Zone Priority | 71 | 109 | 2 | Yes | 19 | 17 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Bronx High School for the Visual Arts, Bronxdale High School and Herbert H. Lehman 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, 94 eighth graders at P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy applied to high school and 34 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 36%. Across District 11 the rate was 42%, so this school sits 6 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 10th of 19 in District 11 on that measure. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 11: 15th of 19, against a median of 109.
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 16 of the 19 schools listed in District 11 for 2026.
The number of testers went from 39 in 2022 admissions to 34 in 2026, down 5. The sharpest move came between 2023 and 2024, when it fell by 12.
In District 11, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 127 The Castle Hill (10), out of 28 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89 | 39 | 44% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 91 | 35 | 38% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 92 | 23 | 25% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 94 | 34 | 36% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 94 | 34 | 36% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 11, 2026 | 2,634 | 1,107 | 42% | at least 28 | |
| 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 11 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy when District 11’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- Bronx Alliance Middle School45% of 84 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Pelham Academy of Academics and Community Engagement43% of 97 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Bronx Park Middle School39% of 109 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 083 Donald Hertz32% of 219 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Leaders of Tomorrow29% of 280 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Baychester Middle School27% of 95 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
See how this school ranks
P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 34 students sat the SHSAT, but its offer count was 5 or fewer, which the DOE does not publish, so no rate can be computed.
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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 P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest 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 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 P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy, 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.
- How hard P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy is to get into
- SHSAT preparation: what it involves and when to start
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
P.S./M.S. 11X498 - Van Nest Academy 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 11X498; 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.