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P.S./M.S. 194: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 11 · Bronx · DBN 11X194

8th graders, 2026
145
Sat the SHSAT
74
Took the test
51%
Offers
10

SHSAT 2026: registration October 6–30; the test is November 14–15 (School Day November 18, 9th grade November 21).

For families choosing a middle school

Getting in (Fall 2026 admissions)

In Fall 2026 middle school admissions, P.S./M.S. 194 admitted sixth graders through one program (Zone Priority).

It had 135 general education applicants for 118 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at P.S./M.S. 194, Fall 2026 middle school admissions, from the New York City Department of Education.
ProgramAdmissions methodGeneral education seatsStudents with disabilities
SeatsApplicantsPer seatAll filledSeatsApplicantsPer seat
P.S./M.S. 194Open to New York City residentsZone Priority1181351Yes32361

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics, Herbert H. Lehman High School and The Bronx High School of Science as the high schools its students most often attend.

Fall 2026 admissions: families applied in fall 2025 for sixth grade in September 2026. Seats, applicants and applicants per seat are the DOE’s, from its Fall 2026 Middle School Data file on InfoHub (saved by the DOE 2026-09-18), the same figures MySchools shows as last year’s demand. The DOE counts applicants this way: “MySchools shows the true number of applicants who were considered for a seat in a program, meaning this number excludes applicants who matched to a more preferred choice from their application.” (schools.nyc.gov, read October 4, 2026). Applicants per seat is the DOE’s own figure, rounded to a whole number, so 0 means fewer than one applicant for every two seats. “All filled” is the DOE’s flag for whether every seat in that group was filled; “n/a” means the file gives no figure. Seats and demand change every year; this page does not turn them into a chance of admission.

In 2026 admissions, 74 of the 145 eighth graders at P.S./M.S. 194 who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 51%, more than half the grade. Across District 11 the rate was 42%, so this school sits 9 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 5th of 19 in District 11 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 8th largest of 19 in District 11, above the median of 109.

10 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 14% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 74th of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers has held steady: 76 in 2022 admissions, 74 in 2026. Offers went from 6 in 2022 to 10 in 2026, with a high of 11 in 2025. In 2023, the offer count was 5 or fewer and was not published.

In District 11, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 127 The Castle Hill (10), out of 28 published for the district as a whole.

Discovery, the DOE’s summer program that offers a specialized high school seat to disadvantaged students who complete it, counted 6 of its students in 2023 and 6 in 2025 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at P.S./M.S. 194 by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year8th gradersSat the SHSATTook the testOffersDiscovery
20221617647%65 or fewer (not published)
20231487249%5 or fewer (not published)6
20241307658%65 or fewer (not published)
20251627144%116
20261457451%105 or fewer (not published)
District 11, 20262,6341,10742%at least 28
New York City, 202626,1234,023

“2026 admissions” means students who sat the SHSAT as eighth graders in the 2025-26 school year and received offers for fall 2026, as in the DOE’s Fall 2026 SHSAT and Discovery Summary. “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 11 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below P.S./M.S. 194 when District 11’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

Every school in District 11, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, P.S./M.S. 194 received 10 specialized high school offers for 74 students who sat the SHSAT: 13.5 per 100. That ranks it #4 of 6 in the Bronx and #73 of 105 citywide, among schools with at least 30 test-takers.

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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./M.S. 194, 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.

Dates read on schools.nyc.gov on October 19, 2026.

Your child is in 6th or 7th grade

A 7th grader sits the SHSAT in fall 2027; a 6th grader, in fall 2028.

The test comes in the fall of 8th grade, so there is no deadline yet, and that is the point: starting now leaves time to work on reading and math at a steady pace instead of in the last weeks. The counts above show what happened at P.S./M.S. 194, not where your child stands. We start with a scored official practice test, which does.

Your child is in 5th grade

Middle school applications are open until December 11.

Start with how many families applied for each seat last year: the DOE publishes it program by program. The middle school you choose is also where the SHSAT years happen, so ask the schools on your list how many of their students sit the test and how they prepare them.

Dates for fall 2027 entry read on schools.nyc.gov on October 3, 2026.

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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 11X194; 2026 figures from the DOE’s Fall 2026 SHSAT and Discovery Summary on InfoHub, not yet on NYC Open Data. Rebuilt 2026-10-04. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 735 middle schools.

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