SHSAT Cutoff Scores 2026
Estimated cutoff scores for all eight NYC specialized high schools for the 2026 admissions cycle, from the SHSAT administered in Fall 2025, alongside the official offer and applicant figures the DOE published for that year.
The NYC DOE does not publish official SHSAT cutoff scores. The cutoff figures below are community estimates of the lowest score that earned an offer each year — useful for context, but not official and not a prediction.
2026cutoffs & offers by school
Schools ordered most to least selective. Offer counts are official DOE figures; cutoff scores are estimates of the lowest score that earned an offer.
| School | Borough | Offers | Est. cutoff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuyvesant | Manhattan | 781 | 561 |
| HSMSE @ CCNY | Manhattan | 182 | 539 |
| Queens Science @ York | Queens | 148 | 531 |
| Bronx Science | Bronx | 738 | 525 |
| Staten Island Tech | Staten Island | 289 | 517 |
| HSAS @ Lehman | Bronx | 132 | 507 |
| Brooklyn Tech | Brooklyn | 1,403 | 506 |
| Brooklyn Latin | Brooklyn | 350 | 495 |
| All schools | 4,023 | — |
Who received offers
Of the 4,023 offers in 2026, about 53.5% went to Asian students and 25.9% to White students, with Black (3%) and Latino (6.9%) students together receiving roughly 9.9%.
A further 785 students entered through the Discovery program this cycle — a path for qualifying students who scored just below the cutoff.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was the SHSAT cutoff for Stuyvesant in 2026?
- The estimated 2026 cutoff for Stuyvesant — the most selective specialized high school — was about 561 out of 700. This is a community estimate; the DOE does not publish official cutoffs.
- How many students got SHSAT offers in 2026?
- 4,023 students received an offer to one of the eight specialized high schools, out of 25,933 who took the test in Fall 2025 — an offer rate of about 15.5%.