P.S. 163 Bath Beach: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 20 · Brooklyn · DBN 20K163
- 8th graders, 2025
- 78
- Sat the SHSAT
- 41
- Took the test
- 53%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 41 of the 78 eighth graders at P.S. 163 Bath Beach who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 53%, more than half the grade. That is close to the 54% rate across District 20. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 8th of 16 in District 20 on that measure. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 20: 13th of 16, against a median of 154.
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 4 of the 16 schools listed in District 20 for 2025.
The number of testers went from 27 in 2022 admissions to 41 in 2025, up 14. The sharpest move came between 2023 and 2024, when it rose by 11. The eighth grade itself grew from 64 to 78 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.
In District 20, the most offers in 2025 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 201 The Madeleine Brennan School (113), out of 469 published for the district as a whole.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64 | 27 | 42% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 91 | 28 | 31% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 85 | 39 | 46% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 78 | 41 | 53% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 20, 2025 | 3,891 | 2,116 | 54% | at least 469 | |
| 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 20 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below P.S. 163 Bath Beach when District 20’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- P.S. 229 Dyker68% of 120 sat the test · 10 offers
- J.H.S. 259 William McKinley58% of 636 sat the test · 82 offers
- P.S./I.S. 104 The Fort Hamilton School55% of 157 sat the test · 14 offers
- P.S. 192 - The Magnet School for Math and Science Inquiry48% of 61 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- J.H.S. 220 John J. Pershing46% of 453 sat the test · 45 offers
- J.H.S. 223 The Montauk45% of 226 sat the test · 11 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 P.S. 163 Bath Beach, 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 20K163. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.