I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 30 · Queens · DBN 30Q227
- 8th graders, 2025
- 446
- Sat the SHSAT
- 227
- Took the test
- 51%
- Offers
- 43
In 2025 admissions, 227 of the 446 eighth graders at I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 51%, more than half the grade. Across District 30 the rate was 41%, so this school sits 10 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 5th of 15 in District 30 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 16 in District 30, above the median of 120.
43 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 19% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It is the 21st highest count of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers has held steady: 219 in 2022 admissions, 227 in 2025. Offers went from 23 in 2022 to 43 in 2025.
Within District 30, no school received more offers in 2025 admissions; this one accounts for 22% of the 197 published for the district.
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 10 in 2023 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 434 | 219 | 50% | 23 | 11 |
| 2023 | 420 | 222 | 53% | 32 | 10 |
| 2024 | 447 | 231 | 52% | 41 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 446 | 227 | 51% | 43 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 30, 2025 | 2,768 | 1,119 | 41% | at least 197 | |
| 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 30 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong when District 30’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- P.S. 122 Mamie Fay88% of 89 sat the test · 35 offers
- Baccalaureate School for Global Education69% of 65 sat the test · 26 offers
- P.S./I.S. 78Q58% of 55 sat the test · 8 offers
- I.S. 141 The Steinway47% of 344 sat the test · 20 offers
- Hunters Point Community Middle School40% of 139 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 23036% of 329 sat the test · 22 offers
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. 227 Louis Armstrong, 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 30Q227. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.