Just three Black students were admitted to elite Stuyvesant High School’s ninth-grade class of 777 in the last school year, according to the latest statistics from the city’s education department.
The new statistics are in keeping with a pattern that has persisted for years at the city’s eight specialized public high schools, which are some of the most competitive and well-regarded schools in the city.
Shortly before taking office, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would not seek to change the specialized high school entrance exam, which critics say exacerbates segregation in the system…