Vista Academy: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 19 · Brooklyn · DBN 19K661
- 8th graders, 2026
- 155
- Sat the SHSAT
- 44
- Took the test
- 28%
- 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, Vista Academy admitted sixth graders through one program (Zone Priority).
It had 126 general education applicants for 119 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 | ||
| Vista AcademyOpen to New York City residents | Zone Priority | 119 | 126 | 1 | No | 31 | 32 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists The Urban Assembly School for Collaborative Healthcare, Cypress Hills Collegiate Preparatory School and John Adams 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, 155 eighth graders at Vista Academy applied to high school and 44 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 28%. Across District 19 the rate was 23%, so this school sits 5 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 3rd of 13 in District 19 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 16 in District 19, above the median of 81.
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 true of every school in District 19 that year.
The number of testers went from 24 in 2022 admissions to 44 in 2026, up 20. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it rose by 18.
No school in District 19 had a published offer count in 2026 admissions: every one was 5 or fewer.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 154 | 24 | 16% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 148 | 42 | 28% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 155 | 40 | 26% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 156 | 38 | 24% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 155 | 44 | 28% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 19, 2026 | 1,352 | 286 | 23% | none published | |
| 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 19 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Vista Academy when District 19’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- M.S. 93540% of 99 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Van Siclen Community Middle School37% of 71 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas27% of 95 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 089 Cypress Hills26% of 54 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School26% of 85 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Legacy School of the Arts22% of 63 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
See how this school ranks
Vista Academy is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 44 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 Vista 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 Vista 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.
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
Vista 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 19K661; 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.