J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 25 · Queens · DBN 25Q185
- 8th graders, 2025
- 496
- Sat the SHSAT
- 269
- Took the test
- 54%
- Offers
- 73
In 2025 admissions, 269 of the 496 eighth graders at J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 54%, more than half the grade. Across District 25 the rate was 44%, so this school sits 11 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 4th of 15 in District 25 on that measure. With 496 eighth graders applying to high school, it has the largest eighth grade of the 15 schools listed in District 25.
73 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 27% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. That is the 8th highest count in the city, inside the group of 20 middle schools that together received 1,400 of the 4,023 offers.
The number of testers has held steady: 249 in 2022 admissions, 269 in 2025. Offers went from 50 in 2022 to 73 in 2025.
Within District 25, no school received more offers in 2025 admissions; this one accounts for 29% of the 255 published for the district.
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, 21 in 2023, 22 in 2024 and 31 in 2025.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 429 | 249 | 58% | 50 | 16 |
| 2023 | 464 | 241 | 52% | 61 | 21 |
| 2024 | 460 | 237 | 52% | 54 | 22 |
| 2025 | 496 | 269 | 54% | 73 | 31 |
| District 25, 2025 | 2,799 | 1,221 | 44% | at least 255 | |
| New York City, 2025 | 25,933 | 4,023 |
“2025 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2024-25 school year and received offers for fall 2025, as in the DOE’s admissions outcomes report. “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 25 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker when District 25’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- The Queens College School for Math, Science and Technology75% of 67 sat the test · 20 offers
- East-West School of International Studies61% of 114 sat the test · 12 offers
- Bell Academy57% of 101 sat the test · 18 offers
- J.H.S. 194 William Carr49% of 363 sat the test · 40 offers
- P.S. 219 Paul Klapper49% of 71 sat the test · 9 offers
- I.S. 025 Adrien Block48% of 366 sat the test · 40 offers
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. 185 Edward Bleeker, 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 5th grade
Middle school applications: October 14 to December 11.
The middle school you choose now is where the SHSAT years happen. These counts show how many eighth graders sit the test at each school and how many get an offer; they do not say why. Ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the SHSAT and how they prepare them, and plan the preparation for 6th and 7th grade, not for the October of 8th.
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 25Q185. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.