P.S. 181 Brooklyn: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 17 · Brooklyn · DBN 17K181
- 8th graders, 2025
- 59
- Sat the SHSAT
- 9
- Took the test
- 15%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 59 eighth graders at P.S. 181 Brooklyn applied to high school, and only 9 of them sat the SHSAT (15%). Across District 17 the rate was 30%, so this school sits 14 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 13th of 14 in District 17 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 8th largest of 16 in District 17, above the median of 57.
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 40 in 2022 admissions to 9 in 2025, down 31. The sharpest move came between 2022 and 2023, when it fell by 23. The eighth grade itself shrank from 74 to 59 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 2025 admissions: every one was 5 or fewer.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 74 | 40 | 54% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 59 | 17 | 29% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 56 | 21 | 38% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 59 | 9 | 15% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 17, 2025 | 1,195 | 292 | 30% | none published | |
| 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 17 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below P.S. 181 Brooklyn when District 17’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- New Heights Middle School27% of 82 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- M.S. 061 Dr. Gladstone H. Atwell22% of 105 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- M.S. K39422% of 32 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Elijah Stroud Middle School21% of 43 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Parkside Preparatory Academy18% of 95 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Medgar Evers College Preparatory School13% of 127 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 P.S. 181 Brooklyn, 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 17K181. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.