I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 30 · Queens · DBN 30Q227
- 8th graders, 2026
- 443
- Sat the SHSAT
- 267
- Took the test
- 60%
- Offers
- 27
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. 227 Louis Armstrong admitted sixth graders through 3 programs (D75 Special Education Inclusive Services, Open, ASD/ACES Program).
Its most requested program, Louis Armstrong Middle School, had 1,000 general education applicants for 415 seats, 2 applicants per seat in the DOE's count.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong D75 Inclusion ProgramOpen to students currently in or recommended for District 75 Special Education Inclusive Services. If you are not currently in or recommended for these services, please contact D75info@schools.nyc.gov. | D75 Special Education Inclusive Services | 0 | 7 | n/a | n/a | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Louis Armstrong Middle SchoolOpen to students and residents of Queens; students may apply for 5th, 6th, or 7th grade admission | Open | 415 | 1,000 | 2 | Yes | 56 | 192 | 3 |
| Louis Armstrong ACES 12:1:1 ProgramOpen to students currently in an ACES (Academics, Career, and Essential Skills) program. If you are not currently an ACES student and are interested in the program, please contact acesprograms@schools.nyc.gov | ASD/ACES Program | 0 | 0 | n/a | No | 6 | 7 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Forest Hills High School, Aviation Career & Technical Education High School 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, 267 of the 443 eighth graders at I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 60%, more than half the grade. Across District 30 the rate was 43%, so this school sits 17 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 4th of 16 in District 30 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 17 in District 30, above the median of 108.
27 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 10% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It is the 35th highest count of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers went from 219 in 2022 admissions to 267 in 2026, up 48. Offers went from 23 in 2022 to 27 in 2026, with a high of 43 in 2025.
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 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) |
| 2026 | 443 | 267 | 60% | 27 | 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. 227 Louis Armstrong when District 30’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- The 30TH Avenue School (G&t Citywide)96% of 54 sat the test · 32 offers
- P.S. 122 Mamie Fay88% of 94 sat the test · 39 offers
- P.S./I.S. 78Q63% of 89 sat the test · 12 offers
- Baccalaureate School for Global Education58% of 66 sat the test · 15 offers
- I.S. 23046% of 344 sat the test · 19 offers
- I.S. 141 The Steinway46% of 318 sat the test · 7 offers
See how this school ranks
In 2026 admissions, I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong received 27 specialized high school offers for 267 students who sat the SHSAT: 10.1 per 100. That ranks it #31 of 38 in Queens and #88 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. 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 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. 227 Louis Armstrong, 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 I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong 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.
I.S. 227 Louis Armstrong 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 30Q227; 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.