J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 22 · Brooklyn · DBN 22K234
- 8th graders, 2025
- 469
- Sat the SHSAT
- 255
- Took the test
- 54%
- Offers
- 35
In 2025 admissions, 255 of the 469 eighth graders at J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 54%, more than half the grade. Across District 22 the rate was 38%, so this school sits 16 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 2nd of 10 in District 22 on that measure. With 469 eighth graders applying to high school, it has the largest eighth grade of the 10 schools listed in District 22.
35 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 14% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It is the 30th highest count of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers went from 206 in 2022 admissions to 255 in 2025, up 49. Offers were 35 in both 2022 and 2025.
Within District 22, no school received more offers in 2025 admissions; this one accounts for 57% of the 61 published for the district.
Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 18 of its students in 2022, 12 in 2023, 17 in 2024 and 14 in 2025.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 431 | 206 | 48% | 35 | 18 |
| 2023 | 435 | 207 | 48% | 27 | 12 |
| 2024 | 468 | 233 | 50% | 26 | 17 |
| 2025 | 469 | 255 | 54% | 35 | 14 |
| District 22, 2025 | 1,857 | 710 | 38% | at least 61 | |
| 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 22 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below J.H.S. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham when District 22’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- P.S. 206 Joseph F Lamb56% of 146 sat the test · 7 offers
- P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary49% of 101 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- M.S. 89048% of 103 sat the test · 7 offers
- J.H.S. 278 Marine Park38% of 348 sat the test · 12 offers
- P.S. 10937% of 81 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I. S. 38126% of 87 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. 234 Arthur W. Cunningham, 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 22K234. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.