M.S. 243 Center School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 3 · Manhattan · DBN 03M243
- 8th graders, 2025
- 58
- Sat the SHSAT
- 54
- Took the test
- 93%
- Offers
- 18
In 2025 admissions, 54 of the 58 eighth graders at M.S. 243 Center School who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 93%, which means most of the grade took the test. Across District 3 the rate was 50%, so this school sits 43 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 2nd of 14 in District 3 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 10th largest of 19 in District 3, above the median of 58.
18 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 33% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It ranks 57th of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers went from 44 in 2022 admissions to 54 in 2025, up 10. The sharpest move came between 2024 and 2025, when it rose by 10. Offers went from 13 in 2022 to 18 in 2025.
In District 3, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington (88), out of 183 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65 | 44 | 68% | 13 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 64 | 45 | 70% | 17 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 56 | 44 | 79% | 17 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 58 | 54 | 93% | 18 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 3, 2025 | 1,245 | 561 | 50% | at least 183 | |
| 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 3 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below M.S. 243 Center School when District 3’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- The Anderson School95% of 60 sat the test · 44 offers
- J.H.S. 054 Booker T. Washington79% of 218 sat the test · 88 offers
- Lafayette Academy60% of 75 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- M.S. 245 The Computer School58% of 124 sat the test · 17 offers
- Special Music School50% of 16 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Mott Hall II36% of 135 sat the test · 10 offers
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. 243 Center 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 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 03M243. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.