J.H.S. 223 The Montauk: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 20 · Brooklyn · DBN 20K223
- 8th graders, 2026
- 229
- Sat the SHSAT
- 106
- Took the test
- 46%
- Offers
- 6
For families choosing a middle school
Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)
In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, J.H.S. 223 The Montauk admitted sixth graders through 4 programs (Screened, Open, Zone Priority).
Its most requested program, Algebra Honors Program, had 46 general education applicants for 25 seats, 2 applicants per seat in the DOE's count.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| Superintendent's ProgramOpen to New York City residents | Screened | 25 | 29 | 1 | Yes | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Algebra Honors ProgramOpen to New York City residents | Screened | 25 | 46 | 2 | Yes | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Federal Magnet ProgramOpen to New York City residents | Open | 33 | 24 | 1 | No | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Zoned ProgramOpen to New York City residents | Zone Priority | 108 | 38 | 0 | No | 22 | 12 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School, New Utrecht High School and Midwood 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, 229 eighth graders at J.H.S. 223 The Montauk applied to high school and 106 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 46%. Across District 20 the rate was 55%, so this school sits 9 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 9th of 16 in District 20 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 7th largest of 16 in District 20, above the median of 155.
6 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 6% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 103rd of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers ended close to where it began, 113 in 2022 admissions and 106 in 2026, but not in a straight line: it rose by 29 between 2022 and 2023. Offers went from 9 in 2022 to 6 in 2026, with a high of 19 in 2024.
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 6 of its students in 2022, 16 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 7 in 2025 and 9 in 2026.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 285 | 113 | 40% | 9 | 6 |
| 2023 | 280 | 142 | 51% | 8 | 16 |
| 2024 | 245 | 114 | 47% | 19 | 10 |
| 2025 | 226 | 102 | 45% | 11 | 7 |
| 2026 | 229 | 106 | 46% | 6 | 9 |
| 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. 223 The Montauk when District 20’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- P.S. 163 Bath Beach64% of 74 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 229 Dyker58% of 123 sat the test · 8 offers
- P.S. 192 - The Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry48% of 64 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- 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
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. 223 The Montauk, 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. 223 The Montauk, 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.
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 20K223; 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.