NYC’s Elite Specialized High Schools Admit Disproportionately Few Black Students

New York City's specialized high schools, which rely on the SHSAT for admissions, offered disproportionately few seats to Black students, with only 3.5% of total offers going to them despite comprising 19.3% of the city's student population. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to review the admissions results to address racial and economic inequities.