Irwin Altman Middle School 172: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 26 · Queens · DBN 26Q172
- 8th graders, 2025
- 256
- Sat the SHSAT
- 127
- Took the test
- 50%
- Offers
- 26
In 2025 admissions, 256 eighth graders at Irwin Altman Middle School 172 applied to high school and 127 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 50%. Across District 26 the rate was 56%, so this school sits 7 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 5th of 7 in District 26 on that measure. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 26: 5th of 7, against a median of 280.
26 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 20% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It is the 43rd highest count of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers went from 164 in 2022 admissions to 127 in 2025, down 37. Offers went from 22 in 2022 to 26 in 2025, with a high of 29 in 2023.
In District 26, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 074 Nathaniel Hawthorne (84), out of 314 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 318 | 164 | 52% | 22 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 265 | 138 | 52% | 29 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 282 | 140 | 50% | 29 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 256 | 127 | 50% | 26 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 26, 2025 | 1,885 | 1,059 | 56% | at least 314 | |
| New York City, 2025 | 25,933 | 4,023 |
“2025 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2024-25 school year and received offers for fall 2025, as in the DOE’s admissions outcomes report. “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 26 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Irwin Altman Middle School 172 when District 26’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur72% of 303 sat the test · 72 offers
- J.H.S. 074 Nathaniel Hawthorne59% of 377 sat the test · 84 offers
- J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan57% of 524 sat the test · 76 offers
- M.S. 158 Marie Curie51% of 280 sat the test · 56 offers
- P.S./I.S. 26637% of 79 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S./ IS 178 Holliswood27% of 66 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
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 Irwin Altman Middle School 172, 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 3, 2026.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications: October 14 to December 11.
The middle school you choose now is where the SHSAT years happen. These counts show how many eighth graders sit the test at each school and how many get an offer; they do not say why. Ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the SHSAT and how they prepare them, and plan the preparation for 6th and 7th grade, not for the October of 8th.
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
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 26Q172. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.