J.H.S. 201 The Madeleine Brennan School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 20 · Brooklyn · DBN 20K201
- 8th graders, 2025
- 521
- Sat the SHSAT
- 359
- Took the test
- 69%
- Offers
- 113
In 2025 admissions, 359 of the 521 eighth graders at J.H.S. 201 The Madeleine Brennan School who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 69%, more than half the grade. Across District 20 the rate was 54%, so this school sits 15 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 4th of 16 in District 20 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 16 in District 20, above the median of 154.
113 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 31% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. No middle school in New York received more offers in 2025 admissions. The 20 schools with the most offers took 1,400 of the 4,023 between them.
The number of testers has held steady: 385 in 2022 admissions, 359 in 2025. Offers went from 103 in 2022 to 113 in 2025.
Within District 20, no school received more offers in 2025 admissions; this one accounts for 24% of the 469 published for the district.
The DOE has listed this school under other names: “J.H.S. 201 The Dyker Heights” (2022). The figures above follow the school code, 20K201, which did not change. Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 52 of its students in 2022, 55 in 2023, 43 in 2024 and 46 in 2025.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 550 | 385 | 70% | 103 | 52 |
| 2023 | 538 | 397 | 74% | 96 | 55 |
| 2024 | 529 | 357 | 67% | 104 | 43 |
| 2025 | 521 | 359 | 69% | 113 | 46 |
| District 20, 2025 | 3,891 | 2,116 | 54% | at least 469 | |
| 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 20 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below J.H.S. 201 The Madeleine Brennan School when District 20’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- The Christa McAuliffe School/I.S. 18789% of 295 sat the test · 103 offers
- Brooklyn School of Inquiry88% of 56 sat the test · 21 offers
- The Seeall Academy72% of 151 sat the test · 21 offers
- P.S. 229 Dyker68% of 120 sat the test · 10 offers
- J.H.S. 259 William McKinley58% of 636 sat the test · 82 offers
- P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School55% of 157 sat the test · 14 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. 201 The Madeleine Brennan School, 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 20K201. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.