Valence College Preparatory Charter School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2023-2025
Charter schools · Queens · DBN 84Q387
- 8th graders, 2025
- 114
- Sat the SHSAT
- 46
- Took the test
- 40%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 114 eighth graders at Valence College Preparatory Charter School applied to high school and 46 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 40%. That is close to the 40% rate across the charter sector. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 66th of 139 in the charter sector on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 6th largest of 160 in the charter sector, above the median of 48.
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 153 of the 162 schools listed in the charter sector for 2025.
The number of testers went from 55 in 2023 admissions to 46 in 2025, down 9. The sharpest move came between 2023 and 2024, when it fell by 23.
In the charter sector, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from Success Academy Charter School - Upper West (34), out of 124 published for the charter sector as a whole. The DOE’s file lists every charter school under district code 84, whatever its borough, so the comparison here is with other charter schools across the city, not with the neighborhood.
Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 7 of its students in 2025 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | |
| 2023 | 117 | 55 | 47% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 109 | 32 | 29% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 114 | 46 | 40% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 7 |
| Charter schools, 2025 | 8,641 | 3,254 | 40% | at least 124 | |
| New York City, 2025 | 25,933 | 4,023 |
“2025 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2024-25 school year and received offers for fall 2025, as in the DOE’s admissions outcomes report. “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.
Charter schools with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Valence College Preparatory Charter when the charter sector’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- Democracy Prep Charter School44% of 39 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- KIPP Beyond Charter School43% of 81 sat the test · 7 offers
- Our World Neighborhood Charter School41% of 71 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Bronx Community Charter School40% of 48 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Brooklyn Dreams Charter School39% of 71 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Explore Excel Charter School39% of 72 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
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 Valence College Preparatory Charter, 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 3, 2026.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications: October 14 to December 11.
The middle school you choose now is where the SHSAT years happen. These counts show how many eighth graders sit the test at each school and how many get an offer; they do not say why. Ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the SHSAT and how they prepare them, and plan the preparation for 6th and 7th grade, not for the October of 8th.
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
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 84Q387. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.