J.H.S. 062 Ditmas: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 20 · Brooklyn · DBN 20K062

8th graders, 2026: 283
Sat the SHSAT: 96
Took the test: 34%
Offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

SHSAT 2026: registration October 6–30; the test is November 14–15 (School Day November 18, 9th grade November 21).

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Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)

In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, J.H.S. 062 Ditmas admitted sixth graders through 5 programs (Screened, D75 Special Education Inclusive Services, ASD/ACES Program, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, Algebra Honors Program, had 46 general education applicants for 50 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

The DOE marks that program’s general education seats as not all filled.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at J.H.S. 062 Ditmas, 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
Superintendent's ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Screened	50	43	1	No	10	16	2
J.H.S. 062 Ditmas 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	n/a	3	n/a	Yes	3	0	0
Algebra Honors ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Screened	50	46	1	No	10	10	1
J.H.S. 062 Ditmas ASD Horizon ProgramOpen to students currently enrolled in the ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Horizon program. If you are applying to ASD programs for the first time, please visit www.schools.nyc.gov/specializedprograms for the application and contact ASDprograms@schools.nyc.gov with questions.	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	225	97	0	No	45	34	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Abraham Lincoln High School, Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School and Edward R. Murrow 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, 283 eighth graders at J.H.S. 062 Ditmas applied to high school and 96 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 34%. Across District 20 the rate was 55%, so this school sits 21 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 14th of 16 in District 20 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 6th largest of 16 in District 20, above the median of 155.

The number of its students who received an offer to a specialized high school was 5 or fewer. The DOE does not publish counts that small, so it could be any number from zero to five; this page does not guess. That is the case at 6 of the 16 schools listed in District 20 for 2026.

The number of testers went from 110 in 2022 admissions to 96 in 2026, down 14. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it fell by 23. The eighth grade itself shrank from 382 to 283 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.

In District 20, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from The Christa McAuliffe School/I.S. 187 (165), out of 455 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 8 of its students in 2023, 8 in 2024, 9 in 2025 and 6 in 2026 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at J.H.S. 062 Ditmas by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	382	110	29%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	338	87	26%	5 or fewer (not published)	8
2024	301	106	35%	5 or fewer (not published)	8
2025	339	115	34%	5 or fewer (not published)	9
2026	283	96	34%	5 or fewer (not published)	6
District 20, 2026	3,950	2,165	55%	at least 455
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 20 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below J.H.S. 062 Ditmas when District 20’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School44% of 158 sat the test · 7 offers
M.S. 93642% of 141 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing42% of 442 sat the test · 37 offers
J.H.S. 227 Edward B. Shallow34% of 480 sat the test · 21 offers
P.S./I.S. 30 Mary White Ovington33% of 138 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Urban Assembly School for Leadership and Empowerment21% of 71 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 20, side by side

See how this school ranks

J.H.S. 062 Ditmas is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 96 students sat the SHSAT, but its offer count was 5 or fewer, which the DOE does not publish, so no rate can be computed.

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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. 062 Ditmas, 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. 062 Ditmas, 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. 062 Ditmas 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 20K062; 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.