M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026
District 17 · Brooklyn · DBN 17K061
- 8th graders, 2026
- 108
- Sat the SHSAT
- 36
- Took the test
- 33%
- 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, M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (Screened, Zone Priority).
Its most requested program, M.S. 61 Screened Program, had 25 general education applicants for 24 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.
The DOE marks that program’s 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 | ||
| M.S. 61 Screened ProgramOpen to New York City residents | Screened | 24 | 25 | 1 | No | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Dr. Gladstone H. AtwellOpen to New York City residents | Zone Priority | 195 | 47 | 0 | No | 53 | 18 | 0 |
Where its students go next. The DOE lists Clara Barton High School, City Polytechnic High School of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology and John Dewey 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, 108 eighth graders at M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell applied to high school and 36 of them sat the SHSAT, a participation rate of 33%. That is close to the 34% rate across District 17. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 10th of 16 in District 17 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 4th largest of 16 in District 17, above the median of 54.
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 true of every school in District 17 that year.
The number of testers went from 76 in 2022 admissions to 36 in 2026, down 40. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it fell by 25. The eighth grade itself shrank from 182 to 108 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.
No school in District 17 had a published offer count in 2026 admissions: every one was 5 or fewer.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 182 | 76 | 42% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 129 | 51 | 40% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 133 | 32 | 24% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 105 | 23 | 22% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2026 | 108 | 36 | 33% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 17, 2026 | 1,157 | 398 | 34% | none published | |
| 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 17 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell when District 17’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.
- Science, Technology and Research Early College High School at Erasmus38% of 48 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Elijah Stroud Middle School34% of 50 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 181 Brooklyn34% of 53 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 34031% of 54 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Parkside Preparatory Academy25% of 84 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Academy for College Preparation and Career Exploration: a College Board School22% of 36 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
See how this school ranks
M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 36 students sat the SHSAT, but its offer count was 5 or fewer, which the DOE does not publish, so no rate can be computed.
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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 M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell, 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 M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell, 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 M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell 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.
M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell 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 17K061; 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.