P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 10 · Bronx · DBN 10X015

8th graders, 2026: 56
Sat the SHSAT: 37
Took the test: 66%
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. X015 Institute admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (D75 Special Education Inclusive Services, Open).

Its most requested program, The Institute for Environmental Learning, had 60 general education applicants for 52 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at P.S. X015 Institute, 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
P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning D75 Inclusion ProgramOpen 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	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1	n/a
The Institute for Environmental LearningOpen to New York City residents	Open	52	60	1	Yes	14	9	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy International High School (Kappa) as the high school 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, 37 of the 56 eighth graders at P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 66%, more than half the grade. Across District 10 the rate was 26%, so this school sits 40 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. No school in District 10 had a higher share of its eighth grade sit the SHSAT that year. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 10: 22nd of 26, against a median of 112.

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 25 of the 26 schools listed in District 10 for 2026.

The number of testers went from 29 in 2022 admissions to 37 in 2026, up 8.

In District 10, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141) (15), out of 15 published for the district as a whole.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at P.S. X015 Institute for Environmental Learning by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	55	29	53%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	57	36	63%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	53	38	72%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	55	37	67%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	56	37	66%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
District 10, 2026	3,073	773	26%	at least 15
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 10 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below P.S. X015 Institute when District 10’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

P.S. 315 Lab School61% of 23 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
P.S./M.S. 280 Mosholu Parkway53% of 97 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Jonas Bronck Academy41% of 82 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Riverdale / Kingsbridge Academy (Middle School / High School 141)39% of 235 sat the test · 15 offers
J.H.S. 118 William W. Niles36% of 164 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Bronx Dance Academy School34% of 90 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 10, side by side

See how this school ranks

P.S. X015 Institute is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 37 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. X015 Institute, 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 P.S. X015 Institute, 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.

P.S. X015 Institute 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 10X015; 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.