Lower Manhattan Community Middle School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 2 · Manhattan · DBN 02M896
- 8th graders, 2026
- 104
- Sat the SHSAT
- 48
- Took the test
- 46%
- Offers
- 6
SHSAT 2026: registration October 6–30; the test is November 14–15 (School Day November 18, 9th grade November 21).
For families choosing a middle school
Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)
In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, Lower Manhattan Community Middle School admitted sixth graders through one program (Open).
It had 109 general education applicants for 97 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.
The DOE marks its general education seats as not all filled.
| Program | Admissions method | General education seats | Students with disabilities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | Applicants | Per seat | All filled | Seats | Applicants | Per seat | ||
| Lower Manhattan Community Middle School (M.S. 896)Open to New York City residents | Open | 97 | 109 | 1 | No | 23 | 32 | 1 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, Richard R. Green High School of Teaching and Beacon 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, 104 eighth graders at Lower Manhattan Community Middle School applied to high school and 48 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 46%. Across District 2 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 12th of 20 in District 2 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 8th largest of 23 in District 2, above the median of 88.
6 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 13% 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 went from 64 in 2022 admissions to 48 in 2026, down 16. Offers went from 11 in 2023 to 6 in 2026. In 2022, the offer count was 5 or fewer and was not published.
In District 2, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner (81), out of 370 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 122 | 64 | 52% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 118 | 57 | 48% | 11 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 119 | 50 | 42% | 9 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 109 | 48 | 44% | 9 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 104 | 48 | 46% | 6 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 2, 2026 | 2,306 | 1,219 | 55% | at least 370 | |
| 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 2 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Lower Manhattan Community Middle School when District 2’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- East Side Middle School62% of 140 sat the test · 32 offers
- J.H.S. 104 Simon Baruch57% of 339 sat the test · 55 offers
- M.S. 13151% of 91 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Ella Baker School42% of 24 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Yorkville East Middle School39% of 75 sat the test · 10 offers
- The Clinton School34% of 132 sat the test · 20 offers
See how this school ranks
In 2026 admissions, Lower Manhattan Community Middle School received 6 specialized high school offers for 48 students who sat the SHSAT: 12.5 per 100. That ranks it #22 of 23 in Manhattan and #79 of 105 citywide, among schools with at least 30 test-takers.
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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 Lower Manhattan Community Middle 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 19, 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 Lower Manhattan Community Middle School, not where your child stands. We start with a scored official practice test, which does.
Your child is in 5th grade
Middle school applications are open until 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.
- How hard Lower Manhattan Community Middle School is to get into
- SHSAT preparation: what it involves and when to start
Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.
Lower Manhattan Community Middle School is a school figure. Your child needs a score.
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 02M896; 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.