Middle School 322: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 6 · Manhattan · DBN 06M322

8th graders, 2026: 65
Sat the SHSAT: 8
Took the test: 12%
Offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

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, Middle School 322 admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (Language Criteria, Zone Priority).

Its most requested program, The Renaissance Leadership Academy (M.S. 322), had 24 general education applicants for 95 seats, fewer than one applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

The DOE marks that program’s general education seats as not all filled.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at Middle School 322, Fall 2026 middle school admissions, from the New York City Department of Education.
Program	Admissions method	General education seats				Students with disabilities
Program	Admissions method	Seats	Applicants	Per seat	All filled	Seats	Applicants	Per seat
Spanish Dual Language ProgramOpen to New York City residents	Language Criteria	24	2	0	No	6	0	0
The Renaissance Leadership Academy (M.S. 322)Open to New York City residents	Zone Priority	95	24	0	No	25	9	0

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Manhattan Bridges High School, Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies and The College Academy 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, 65 eighth graders at Middle School 322 applied to high school, and only 8 of them sat the SHSAT (12%). Across District 6 the rate was 34%, so this school sits 22 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 14th of 15 in District 6 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 10th largest of 19 in District 6, above the median of 65.

The number of its students who received an offer to a specialized high school was 5 or fewer. The DOE does not publish counts that small, so it could be any number from zero to five; this page does not guess. That is the case at 17 of the 19 schools listed in District 6 for 2026.

The number of testers has held steady: 6 in 2022 admissions, 8 in 2026. The eighth grade itself shrank from 98 to 65 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.

In District 6, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs (12), out of 20 published for the district as a whole.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at Middle School 322 by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	98	6	6%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	94	10	11%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	100	14	14%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	108	5 or fewer (not published)	n/a	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	65	8	12%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
District 6, 2026	1,218	326	34%	at least 20
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 6 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below Middle School 322 when District 6’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

Hamilton Grange Middle School24% of 91 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
P.S./I.S. 210 - Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership22% of 46 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
M.S. 319 - Maria Teresa15% of 65 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School15% of 80 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Harold O. Levy School13% of 55 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
M.S. 324 - Patria Mirabal9% of 79 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 6, side by side

See how this school ranks

Middle School 322 is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 8 students sat the SHSAT, under the 30 we require for a stable rate.

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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 Middle School 322, 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.

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 Middle School 322, 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.

Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.

Middle School 322 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 06M322; 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.