• Kingsbury High School Optional Program Applicants must: 

    • Submit a copy of the most recent comprehensive report card showing all A’s and B’s, with no more than two C’s as semester average in academic subjects, with no D’s or F’s as a semester average in any subject.

    • Score at or above the 50th percentile on school-based administration of the i-Ready Diagnostic Reading and Math assessments (2023-24); or score at or above the 50th percentile on the TCAP Achievement English Language Arts and TCAP Achievement Mathematics assessments; or score at or above the 50th percentile on the Total Reading/Reading Composite and Total Mathematics/Mathematics Composite of an acceptable nationally normed achievement test. Acceptable tests in person must be dated Spring 2023 or later.

    • Score at or above the 50th percentile on a TCAP English and Mathematics End of Course test and/or another acceptable nationally normed achievement assessment, including the ACT (Reading and Math), PSAT or SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Mathematics) with the assessment being administered in person no more than one year prior to the date of application for Optional Schools.

    • Have satisfactory conduct and attendance (including promptness to school and to each class), with no more than a total of 15 absences and/or tardies.

    • The PSAT/NMSQT is required in the tenth and eleventh grades.

    • To remain in the program, students must maintain a C or above in each subject per semester, enroll in the appropriate courses each year to meet the program’s requirements, and have satisfactory conduct and attendance (including promptness to school and to each class).