M.S. 51 William Alexander: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 15 · Brooklyn · DBN 15K051
- 8th graders, 2025
- 328
- Sat the SHSAT
- 214
- Took the test
- 65%
- Offers
- 35
In 2025 admissions, 214 of the 328 eighth graders at M.S. 51 William Alexander who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 65%, more than half the grade. Across District 15 the rate was 45%, so this school sits 20 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. No school in District 15 had a higher share of its eighth grade sit the SHSAT that year. With 328 eighth graders applying to high school, it has the largest eighth grade of the 12 schools listed in District 15.
35 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 16% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 25,933 testers that year, 15.5%. It is the 30th highest count of the 116 middle schools whose 2025 offer count was large enough to be published.
The number of testers has held steady: 211 in 2022 admissions, 214 in 2025. Offers went from 52 in 2022 to 35 in 2025.
In District 15, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts (40), out of 163 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 361 | 211 | 58% | 52 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 315 | 185 | 59% | 33 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 322 | 195 | 61% | 41 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 328 | 214 | 65% | 35 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 15, 2025 | 1,837 | 823 | 45% | at least 163 | |
| 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 15 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below M.S. 51 William Alexander when District 15’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- The Math & Science Exploratory School60% of 171 sat the test · 29 offers
- New Voices School of Academic & Creative Arts57% of 183 sat the test · 40 offers
- Red Hook Neighborhood School: Harbor Middle School44% of 34 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- The Boerum Hill School for International Studies44% of 152 sat the test · 14 offers
- J.H.S. 088 Peter Rouget42% of 276 sat the test · 25 offers
- M.S. 442 Carroll Gardens School for Innovation41% of 113 sat the test · 12 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. 51 William Alexander, 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 15K051. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.