Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 19 · Brooklyn · DBN 19K452
- 8th graders, 2026
- 85
- Sat the SHSAT
- 22
- Took the test
- 26%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
SHSAT 2026: registration October 6–30; the test is November 14–15 (School Day November 18, 9th grade November 21).
For families choosing a middle school
Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)
In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (Open, ASD/ACES Program).
Its most requested program, Frederick Douglas Academy VIII, had 63 general education applicants for 67 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.
The DOE marks that program’s general education seats as not all filled.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| Frederick Douglas Academy VIIIOpen to New York City residents | Open | 67 | 63 | 1 | No | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School ASD Horizon ProgramOpen to students currently in an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Horizon program. If you are not currently an ASD Horizon student and are interested in the program, please contact asdprograms@schools.nyc.gov | ASD/ACES Program | 0 | 1 | n/a | Yes | 8 | 5 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Spring Creek Community School, Cultural Academy for the Arts and Sciences and Midwood High School as the high schools its students most often attend.
Fall 2026 admissions: families applied in fall 2025 for sixth grade in September 2026. Seats, applicants and applicants per seat are the DOE’s, from its Fall 2026 Middle School Data file on InfoHub (saved by the DOE 2026-09-18), the same figures MySchools shows as last year’s demand. The DOE counts applicants this way: “MySchools shows the true number of applicants who were considered for a seat in a program, meaning this number excludes applicants who matched to a more preferred choice from their application.” (schools.nyc.gov, read October 4, 2026). Applicants per seat is the DOE’s own figure, rounded to a whole number, so 0 means fewer than one applicant for every two seats. “All filled” is the DOE’s flag for whether every seat in that group was filled; “n/a” means the file gives no figure. Seats and demand change every year; this page does not turn them into a chance of admission.
In 2026 admissions, 85 eighth graders at Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle School applied to high school and 22 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 26%. That is close to the 23% rate across District 19. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 6th of 13 in District 19 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 7th largest of 16 in District 19, above the median of 81.
The number of its students who received an offer to a specialized high school was 5 or fewer. The DOE does not publish counts that small, so it could be any number from zero to five; this page does not guess. That is true of every school in District 19 that year.
The number of testers went from 34 in 2022 admissions to 22 in 2026, down 12.
No school in District 19 had a published offer count in 2026 admissions: every one was 5 or fewer.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 83 | 34 | 41% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 65 | 27 | 42% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 63 | 24 | 38% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 119 | 30 | 25% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 85 | 22 | 26% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 19, 2026 | 1,352 | 286 | 23% | none published | |
| New York City, 2026 | 26,123 | 4,023 |
“2026 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2025-26 school year and received offers for fall 2026, as in the DOE’s Fall 2026 SHSAT and Discovery Summary. “8th graders” counts the school’s eighth graders who applied to high school; “took the test” divides testers by that count when both are published. The district row adds the published counts of its schools, so its offers are a floor; the city row is the DOE’s own total. “Not listed” means the school is absent from that year’s file.
Schools in District 19 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle when District 19’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- Vista Academy28% of 155 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 292 Margaret S. Douglas27% of 95 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 089 Cypress Hills26% of 54 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Legacy School of the Arts22% of 63 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 171 Abraham Lincoln22% of 97 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 218 James P. Sinnott21% of 123 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
See how this school ranks
Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 22 students sat the SHSAT, under the 30 we require for a stable rate.
Best middle schools in Brooklyn for the SHSAT
Compare with…
What to do with these numbers
Your child is in 8th grade now
Registration closes October 30. Test day: November 18.
November 18 is the SHSAT School Day; the weekend sittings are November 14/15 and November 21. Whatever the count at Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle, the decision to sit the test is yours, and a scored official practice test tells you more about your own child than any school figure.
- How to register for the SHSAT, step by step
- Score an official SHSAT practice test, free
- Book an SHSAT session
Dates read on schools.nyc.gov on October 19, 2026.
Your child is in 6th or 7th grade
A 7th grader sits the SHSAT in fall 2027; a 6th grader, in fall 2028.
The test comes in the fall of 8th grade, so there is no deadline yet, and that is the point: starting now leaves time to work on reading and math at a steady pace instead of in the last weeks. The counts above show what happened at Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle, not where your child stands. We start with a scored official practice test, which does.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications are open until December 11.
Start with how many families applied for each seat last year: the DOE publishes it program by program. The middle school you choose is also where the SHSAT years happen, so ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the test and how they prepare them.
- How hard Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle is to get into
- SHSAT preparation: what it involves and when to start
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
Frederick Douglass Academy VIII Middle is a school figure. Your child needs a score.
Figures from Specialized High Schools Admissions Tests Results (school counts) and Specialized High Schools Admissions Overall Summary (city totals), New York City Department of Education, as listed for DBN 19K452; 2026 figures from the DOE’s Fall 2026 SHSAT and Discovery Summary on InfoHub, not yet on NYC Open Data. Rebuilt 2026-10-04. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 735 middle schools.