I.S. 230: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 30 · Queens · DBN 30Q230

8th graders, 2026: 344
Sat the SHSAT: 158
Took the test: 46%
Offers: 19

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. 230 admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (ASD/ACES Program, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, Zoned Program, had 349 general education applicants for 274 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at I.S. 230, 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
I.S. 230 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	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Zoned ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Zone Priority	274	349	1	Yes	48	88	2

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Gotham Tech High School, Motion Picture Technical High School and William Cullen Bryant 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, 344 eighth graders at I.S. 230 applied to high school and 158 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 6th of 16 in District 30 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 3rd largest of 17 in District 30, above the median of 108.

19 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 12% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 52nd of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers went from 140 in 2022 admissions to 158 in 2026, up 18. The sharpest move came between 2025 and 2026, when it rose by 40. Offers went from 22 in 2022 to 19 in 2026, with a high of 26 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 16 of its students in 2022, 14 in 2023, 9 in 2024, 14 in 2025 and 11 in 2026.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at I.S. 230 by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	374	140	37%	22	16
2023	366	135	37%	16	14
2024	369	130	35%	26	9
2025	329	118	36%	22	14
2026	344	158	46%	19	11
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. 230 when District 30’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

P.S./I.S. 78Q63% of 89 sat the test · 12 offers
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. 141 The Steinway46% of 318 sat the test · 7 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)

Every school in District 30, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, I.S. 230 received 19 specialized high school offers for 158 students who sat the SHSAT: 12.0 per 100. That ranks it #29 of 38 in Queens and #80 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. 230, 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. 230, 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. 230 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 30Q230; 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.