Pugsley Preparatory Academy: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 8 · Bronx · DBN 08X562
- 8th graders, 2026
- 181
- Sat the SHSAT
- 48
- Took the test
- 27%
- 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, Pugsley Preparatory Academy admitted sixth graders through one program (Zone Priority).
It had 136 general education applicants for 137 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.
The DOE marks its general education seats as not all filled.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| Pugsley Preparatory AcademyOpen to New York City residents | Zone Priority | 137 | 136 | 1 | No | 43 | 31 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Bronx Compass High School, Longwood Preparatory Academy and Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics 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, 181 eighth graders at Pugsley Preparatory Academy applied to high school and 48 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 27%. That is close to the 28% rate across District 8. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 6th of 13 in District 8 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 16 in District 8, above the median of 96.
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 15 of the 16 schools listed in District 8 for 2026.
The number of testers ended close to where it began, 48 in 2022 admissions and 48 in 2026, but not in a straight line: it fell by 19 between 2025 and 2026. In 2022 and 2023 and 2024 and 2026, the offer count was 5 or fewer and was not published; 2025 is the only year it cleared that line, at 7.
In District 8, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from M.S. X101 Edward R. Byrne (11), out of 11 published for the district as a whole.
The DOE has listed this school under other names: “Blueprint Middle School” (2022). The figures above follow the school code, 08X562, which did not change. Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 6 of its students in 2024 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 183 | 48 | 26% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 188 | 42 | 22% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 195 | 50 | 26% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 6 |
| 2025 | 204 | 67 | 33% | 7 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 181 | 48 | 27% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 8, 2026 | 1,688 | 420 | 28% | at least 11 | |
| 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 8 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Pugsley Preparatory Academy when District 8’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- M.S. X101 Edward R. Byrne43% of 192 sat the test · 11 offers
- P.S. 071 Rose E. Scala38% of 142 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 131 Albert Einstein28% of 108 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Soundview Academy for Culture and Scholarship26% of 98 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- The Bronx Mathematics Preparatory School24% of 58 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Urban Institute of Mathematics23% of 148 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
See how this school ranks
Pugsley Preparatory Academy is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 48 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 Pugsley Preparatory 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 Pugsley Preparatory 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 Pugsley Preparatory 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.
Pugsley Preparatory 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 08X562; 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.