J.H.S. 194 William Carr: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 25 · Queens · DBN 25Q194
- 8th graders, 2025
- 363
- Sat the SHSAT
- 179
- Took the test
- 49%
- Offers
- 40
In 2025 admissions, 363 eighth graders at J.H.S. 194 William Carr applied to high school and 179 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 49%. Across District 25 the rate was 44%, so this school sits 6 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 5th of 15 in District 25 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 4th largest of 15 in District 25, above the median of 101.
40 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 22% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It is the 24th highest count of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers ended close to where it began, 183 in 2022 admissions and 179 in 2025, but not in a straight line: it rose by 48 between 2024 and 2025. Offers went from 52 in 2022 to 40 in 2025.
In District 25, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker (73), out of 255 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 422 | 183 | 43% | 52 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 327 | 140 | 43% | 37 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 333 | 131 | 39% | 43 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 363 | 179 | 49% | 40 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 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. 194 William Carr when District 25’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- 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. 185 Edward Bleeker54% of 496 sat the test · 73 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
- I.S. 23747% of 451 sat the test · 43 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. 194 William Carr, 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 25Q194. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.