All students in grades eight and nine who are current New York City residents are eligible.

The schools that require the SHSAT are

• The Bronx High School of Science(Open external link)
• The Brooklyn Latin School(Open external link)
• Brooklyn Technical High School(Open external link)
• Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts(Open external link)
• High School for Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College of New York(Open external link)
• High School of American Studies at Lehman College(Open external link)
• Queens High School for the Sciences at York College(Open external link)
• Staten Island Technical High School(Open external link)
• Stuyvesant High School