Redwood Middle School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 28 · Queens · DBN 28Q332

8th graders, 2026: 115
Sat the SHSAT: 17
Took the test: 15%
Offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

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, Redwood Middle School admitted sixth graders through one program (Zone Priority).

It had 58 general education applicants for 74 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

The DOE marks its general education seats as not all filled.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at Redwood Middle School, Fall 2026 middle school admissions, from the New York City Department of Education.
Program	Admissions method	General education seats				Students with disabilities
Program	Admissions method	Seats	Applicants	Per seat	All filled	Seats	Applicants	Per seat
Redwood Middle SchoolOpen to New York City residents	Zone Priority	74	58	1	No	16	21	1

Where its students go next. The DOE lists Health, Arts, Robotics, and Technology High School, Hillcrest High School and August Martin High School 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, 115 eighth graders at Redwood Middle School applied to high school, and only 17 of them sat the SHSAT (15%). Across District 28 the rate was 37%, so this school sits 22 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 12th of 13 in District 28 on that measure. Its eighth grade is the 7th largest of 13 in District 28, above the median of 115.

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 10 of the 13 schools listed in District 28 for 2026.

The number of testers went from 28 in 2022 admissions to 17 in 2026, down 11. The eighth grade itself grew from 85 to 115 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test.

In District 28, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey (71), out of 115 published for the district as a whole.

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at Redwood Middle School by admissions year, from the New York City Department of Education.
Admissions year	8th graders	Sat the SHSAT	Took the test	Offers	Discovery
2022	85	28	33%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	84	22	26%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	89	16	18%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2025	83	11	13%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	115	17	15%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
District 28, 2026	2,312	855	37%	at least 115
New York City, 2026		26,123		4,023

“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 28 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below Redwood Middle School when District 28’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

J.H.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck28% of 440 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Catherine & Count Basie Middle School 7225% of 102 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
J.H.S. 008 Richard S. Grossley24% of 123 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Queens Collegiate: a College Board School23% of 80 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
York Early College Academy17% of 84 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Metropolitan Expeditionary Learning School5% of 118 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 28, side by side

See how this school ranks

Redwood Middle School is not ranked for 2026 admissions: 17 students sat the SHSAT, under the 30 we require for a stable rate.

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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 Redwood Middle 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.

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 Redwood Middle School, 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.

Redwood Middle School is a school figure. Your child needs a score.

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 28Q332; 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.