The number of black and Hispanic students accepted at the city’s eight most rigorous high schools dropped this year, new city Department of Education data released Friday ­reveal.

Only 3.6 percent of black students who took the specialized high-school entrance exam were admitted, down from 4 percent last year.

And only 5.3 percent of Hispanic test takers were offered a seat, down from 5.6 percent.

Blacks (27 percent) and Hispanics (40 percent) combined account for more than two-thirds of city public-school students, but only 4.4 percent of those kids are admitted to the top high schools.

Meanwhile, fewer black and Latino students took the entrance test.

This year, 5,914 black eighth-graders took the exam, down from 6,267 in 2015.

As for Hispanics, 6,070 students took the exam this year as opposed to 6,238 in 2015.

By comparison, 34 percent of the 8,062 Asian students and 29.3 percent of the 4,729 white students who took the test were offered a seat.

The dearth of minorities in each magnet school was startling.

Of the 346 students accepted at Staten Island Technical HS, none of them was black while only eight Hispanic students made the cut.

Only nine blacks and 14 Hispanics were among the 950 students accepted at Stuyvesant HS.

“This is absurd. Mayor De Blasio should keep his word and scrap this racist policy that excludes black and Latino students from the specialized high schools,” said Democratic Brooklyn Assemblyman Charles Barron.

One advocacy group, the Community Service Society, has proposed getting rid of the entrance test and replacing it with the state’s eighth grade math and English exams.

“The change would double the number of black and ­Latino students accepted,” said CSS youth director Lazar ­Treschan.

Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said: “It’s important that our city’s specialized high schools reflect the diversity around them, and we are committed to achieving that without impacting standards.”

But Asian community leaders oppose changes.

“Obviously, those pushing for politically correct admission policies aren’t familiar with the old adage, ‘if it’s not broken, don’t fix it,’ ” said Lester Chang, a Republican running for the Lower East Side state Assembly seat formerly occupied by disgraced Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Students are only accepted if they pass the entrance exam.

State Sen. Adriano Espaillat (D-Man/Bx) said “These numbers are going in the wrong direction. By making test prep more accessible, and setting admission standards similar to the nation’s top universities such as Harvard, Columbia and Yale, we can start to change course.”