P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2023
District 18 · Brooklyn · DBN 18K235
- 8th graders, 2023
- 109
- Sat the SHSAT
- 79
- Took the test
- 72%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School does not appear in the DOE's 2025 file. Its most recent figures are from 2023 admissions, which is what this page leads with. In 2023 admissions, 79 of the 109 eighth graders at P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 72%, more than half the grade. Across District 18 the rate was 33%, so this school sits 40 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 36% of eighth graders sat the test. No school in District 18 had a higher share of its eighth grade sit the SHSAT that year. Its eighth grade is the 2nd largest of 9 in District 18, above the median of 92.
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 18 that year.
The number of testers has held steady: 78 in 2022 admissions, 79 in 2023. The eighth grade itself grew from 87 to 109 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test. In 2023, the offer count was 5 or fewer and was not published; 2022 is the only year it cleared that line, at 7.
No school in District 18 had a published offer count in 2023 admissions: every one was 5 or fewer.
Year by year
| Admissions year | 8th graders | Sat the SHSAT | Took the test | Offers | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 87 | 78 | 90% | 7 | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 109 | 79 | 72% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | |
| 2025 | not listed | not listed | not listed | not listed | |
| District 18, 2023 | 891 | 254 | 33% | none published | |
| New York City, 2023 | 25,959 | 3,994 |
“2023 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2022-23 school year and received offers for fall 2023, 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 18 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below P.S. 235 Janice Marie Knight School when District 18’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2023 admissions.
- I.S. 211 John Wilson35% of 57 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Brooklyn Science and Engineering Academy35% of 101 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts33% of 67 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 6628% of 92 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 285 Meyer Levin23% of 237 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- The Science and Medicine Middle School16% of 109 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. 235 Janice Marie Knight 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 18K235. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.