J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 3 · Manhattan · DBN 03M054

8th graders, 2026: 224
Sat the SHSAT: 194
Took the test: 87%
Offers: 86

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, J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington admitted sixth graders through one program (Open).

It had 329 general education applicants for 220 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington, 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
Booker T. Washington (J.H.S. 54)Open to New York City residents	Open	220	329	1	Yes	63	26	0

Where its students go next. The DOE lists The Bronx High School of Science, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts and Stuyvesant 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, 194 of the 224 eighth graders at J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 87%, which means most of the grade took the test. Across District 3 the rate was 49%, so this school sits 37 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 2nd of 14 in District 3 on that measure. With 224 eighth graders applying to high school, it has the largest eighth grade of the 17 schools listed in District 3.

86 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 44% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. That is the 6th highest count in the city, inside the group of 20 middle schools that together received 1,602 of the 4,023 offers.

The number of testers has held steady: 196 in 2022 admissions, 194 in 2026. Offers went from 114 in 2022 to 86 in 2026, with a high of 116 in 2023.

Within District 3, no school received more offers in 2026 admissions; this one accounts for 48% of the 178 published for the district.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	257	196	76%	114	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	237	184	78%	116	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	233	173	74%	73	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	218	172	79%	88	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	224	194	87%	86	5 or fewer (not published)
District 3, 2026	1,122	527	49%	at least 178
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 3 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington when District 3’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

The Anderson School97% of 64 sat the test · 46 offers
M.S. 243 Center School83% of 58 sat the test · 14 offers
Special Music School69% of 16 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
M.S. 245 The Computer School58% of 121 sat the test · 23 offers
P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth47% of 36 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Lafayette Academy40% of 58 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 3, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington received 86 specialized high school offers for 194 students who sat the SHSAT: 44.3 per 100. That ranks it #6 of 23 in Manhattan and #10 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 J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington, 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 J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington, 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.

J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington 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 03M054; 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.