J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 32 · Brooklyn · DBN 32K162
- 8th graders, 2026
- 106
- Sat the SHSAT
- 76
- Took the test
- 72%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
For families choosing a middle school
Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)
In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (ASD/ACES Program, Zone Priority).
Its most requested program, JHS 162 the Willoughby, had 41 general education applicants for 78 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.
The DOE marks that program’s general education seats as not all filled.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| The Willoughby School ASD Horizon ProgramOpen to students currently in an ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) Horizon program. If you are not currently an ASD Horizon student and are interested in the program, please contact asdprograms@schools.nyc.gov | ASD/ACES Program | 0 | 1 | n/a | Yes | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| JHS 162 the WilloughbyOpen to New York City residents | Zone Priority | 78 | 41 | 1 | No | 8 | 12 | 2 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Williamsburg Preparatory School, The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering and Math, Engineering, and Science Academy Charter 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, 76 of the 106 eighth graders at J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 72%, more than half the grade. Across District 32 the rate was 33%, so this school sits 39 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. No school in District 32 had a higher share of its eighth grade sit the SHSAT that year. Its eighth grade is the 3rd largest of 9 in District 32, above the median of 64.
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 8 of the 9 schools listed in District 32 for 2026.
The number of testers went from 88 in 2022 admissions to 76 in 2026, down 12. The sharpest move came between 2024 and 2025, when it fell by 38.
In District 32, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from All City Leadership Secondary School (6), out of 6 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 110 | 88 | 80% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 97 | 84 | 87% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 112 | 77 | 69% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 101 | 39 | 39% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 106 | 76 | 72% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 32, 2026 | 788 | 261 | 33% | at least 6 | |
| 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 32 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby when District 32’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- All City Leadership Secondary School50% of 64 sat the test · 6 offers
- P.S./I.S. 045 Horace E. Greene36% of 55 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. /I.S. 384 Frances E. Carter34% of 38 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler31% of 213 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration28% of 109 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 349 Math, Science & Tech.17% of 46 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
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. 162 The Willoughby, 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 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. 162 The Willoughby, not where your child stands. We start with a scored official practice test, which does.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications: October 14 to 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 J.H.S. 162 The Willoughby 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.
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 32K162; 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.