I.S. 141 The Steinway: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 30 · Queens · DBN 30Q141

8th graders, 2026: 318
Sat the SHSAT: 145
Took the test: 46%
Offers: 7

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, I.S. 141 The Steinway admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (Open, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, Magnet for Advanced Mathematics, Technology & Environmental Engineering, had 129 general education applicants for 85 seats, 2 applicants per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at I.S. 141 The Steinway, Fall 2026 middle school admissions, from the New York City Department of Education.
Program	Admissions method	General education seats				Students with disabilities
Program	Admissions method	Seats	Applicants	Per seat	All filled	Seats	Applicants	Per seat
Magnet for Advanced Mathematics, Technology & Environmental EngineeringOpen to New York City residents	Open	85	129	2	Yes	15	25	2
Zoned ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Zone Priority	228	140	1	No	40	23	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Long Island City High School, Academy of American Studies and Academy of Finance and Enterprise 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, 318 eighth graders at I.S. 141 The Steinway applied to high school and 145 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 46%. That is close to the 43% rate across District 30. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 7th of 16 in District 30 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 4th largest of 17 in District 30, above the median of 108.

7 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 5% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 95th of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers went from 189 in 2022 admissions to 145 in 2026, down 44. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it fell by 62. Offers went from 9 in 2022 to 7 in 2026, with a high of 22 in 2024.

In District 30, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from P.S. 122 Mamie Fay (39), out of 159 published for the district as a whole.

Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 11 of its students in 2022 and 13 in 2024 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at I.S. 141 The Steinway by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	387	189	49%	9	11
2023	356	127	36%	10	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	353	160	45%	22	13
2025	344	161	47%	20	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	318	145	46%	7	5 or fewer (not published)
District 30, 2026	2,848	1,214	43%	at least 159
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 30 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below I.S. 141 The Steinway when District 30’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong60% of 443 sat the test · 27 offers
Baccalaureate School for Global Education58% of 66 sat the test · 15 offers
I.S. 23046% of 344 sat the test · 19 offers
Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts44% of 108 sat the test · 8 offers
Hunters Point Community Middle School41% of 116 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
MS 42940% of 105 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 30, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, I.S. 141 The Steinway received 7 specialized high school offers for 145 students who sat the SHSAT: 4.8 per 100. That ranks it #38 of 38 in Queens and #105 of 105 citywide, among schools with at least 30 test-takers.

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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 I.S. 141 The Steinway, 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.

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 I.S. 141 The Steinway, 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.

Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.

I.S. 141 The Steinway 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 30Q141; 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.