M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 27 · Queens · DBN 27Q053
- 8th graders, 2025
- 94
- Sat the SHSAT
- 17
- Took the test
- 18%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 94 eighth graders at M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo applied to high school, and only 17 of them sat the SHSAT (18%). Across District 27 the rate was 27%, so this school sits 9 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 15th of 20 in District 27 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 10th largest of 23 in District 27, above the median of 81.
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 20 of the 23 schools listed in District 27 for 2025.
The number of testers went from 30 in 2022 admissions to 17 in 2025, down 13. The sharpest move came between 2023 and 2024, when it fell by 11. The eighth grade itself grew from 68 to 94 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.
In District 27, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from M.S. 137 America's School of Heroes (13), out of 33 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 68 | 30 | 44% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 82 | 20 | 24% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 108 | 9 | 8% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 94 | 17 | 18% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 27, 2025 | 3,221 | 840 | 27% | at least 33 | |
| 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 27 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo when District 27’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- P.S. 207 Rockwood Park20% of 66 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 146 Howard Beach19% of 53 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 105 The Bay School18% of 65 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 226 Virgil I. Grissom18% of 260 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 04315% of 47 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Academy of Medical Technology: a College Board School14% of 73 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 M.S. 053 Brian Piccolo, 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 27Q053. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.