The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2025
District 18 · Brooklyn · DBN 18K581
- 8th graders, 2025
- 69
- Sat the SHSAT
- 14
- Took the test
- 20%
- Offers
- 5 or fewer (not published)
In 2025 admissions, 69 eighth graders at The Middle School of Media, Law and Fine Arts applied to high school, and only 14 of them sat the SHSAT (20%). Across District 18 the rate was 29%, so this school sits 8 points below it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 37% of eighth graders sat the test. It ranks 6th of 9 in District 18 on that measure. Its eighth grade is smaller than most in District 18: 8th of 9, against a median of 76.
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 ended close to where it began, 14 in 2022 admissions and 14 in 2025, but not in a straight line: it fell by 13 between 2023 and 2024. The eighth grade itself grew from 53 to 69 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 18 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 | 53 | 14 | 26% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2023 | 67 | 22 | 33% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2024 | 72 | 9 | 13% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| 2025 | 69 | 14 | 20% | 5 or fewer (not published) | 5 or fewer (not published) |
| District 18, 2025 | 850 | 244 | 29% | 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 18 with a similar share of testers
The schools just above and below Middle School when District 18’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2025 admissions.
- I.S. 211 John Wilson38% of 76 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- P.S. 6632% of 74 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- Middle School for Art and Philosophy26% of 53 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 285 Meyer Levin16% of 176 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- The Science and Medicine Middle School10% of 89 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
- I.S. 068 Isaac Bildersee8% of 102 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 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.
- 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 18K581. Rebuilt 2026-10-03. Method and caveats are set out on the index page. Back to all 721 middle schools.