While about one third of traditional public and charter school 8th grade students took the SHSAT during the 2021-2022 school year, far fewer students received offers of admission and ultimately enrolled. IBO examined admissions rates by disability status and found students with disabilities were less likely than their peers without disabilities to take the SHSAT, to receive offers of admission to a specialized high school—and to enroll.

Students with disabilities took the SHSAT three times less frequently (12.4%) than their peers without disabilities (38.3%).

The disparity between the two groups increased as students moved through the admissions pipeline. Students with disabilities received offers of admission eleven times less often (0.6%, compared with 6.7%) and they enrolled nearly twelve times less than their peers without disabilities (0.5%, compared with 5.8%).

This really should be a federal ADA lawsuit.

https://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/the-specialized-high-school-admissions-pipeline-june-2024.html