Spruce Street School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 2 · Manhattan · DBN 02M397

8th graders, 2026: 45
Sat the SHSAT: 30
Took the test: 67%
Offers: 10

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, Spruce Street School admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (D75 Special Education Inclusive Services, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, Spruce Street School, had 70 general education applicants for 48 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at Spruce Street School, 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
Spruce Street School 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	2	n/a	n/a	5	1	0
Spruce Street SchoolOpen to New York City residents	Zone Priority	48	70	1	Yes	12	13	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Millennium High School 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, 30 of the 45 eighth graders at Spruce Street School who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 67%, more than half the grade. Across District 2 the rate was 55%, 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 5th of 20 in District 2 on that measure. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 2: 17th of 23, against a median of 88.

10 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 33% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 74th of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers went from 45 in 2022 admissions to 30 in 2026, down 15. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it fell by 16. Offers were 10 in both 2022 and 2026.

In District 2, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner (81), out of 370 published for the district as a whole.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at Spruce Street 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	52	45	87%	10	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	44	29	66%	8	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	56	33	59%	8	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	58	42	72%	14	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	45	30	67%	10	5 or fewer (not published)
District 2, 2026	2,306	1,219	55%	at least 370
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 2 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below Spruce Street School when District 2’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

I.S. 28978% of 88 sat the test · 13 offers
New York City Lab Middle School for Collaborative Studies73% of 177 sat the test · 57 offers
P.S. 126 Jacob August Riis70% of 109 sat the test · 23 offers
J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner66% of 315 sat the test · 81 offers
Battery Park City School65% of 81 sat the test · 29 offers
Ballet Tech, NYC Public School for Dance65% of 23 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 2, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, Spruce Street School received 10 specialized high school offers for 30 students who sat the SHSAT: 33.3 per 100. That ranks it #14 of 23 in Manhattan and #25 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 Spruce Street School, 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 Spruce Street School, 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.

Spruce Street School 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 02M397; 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.