The Mott Hall School: SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers, 2022-2026

District 6 · Manhattan · DBN 06M223

8th graders, 2026: 104
Sat the SHSAT: 88
Took the test: 85%
Offers: 8

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, Mott Hall School admitted sixth graders through 2 programs (Screened, ASD/ACES Program).

Its most requested program, The Mott Hall School, had 124 general education applicants for 95 seats, 1 applicant per seat in the DOE's count.

Seats, applicants and applicants per seat for each program at Mott Hall 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
The Mott Hall SchoolOpen to New York City residents	Screened	95	124	1	Yes	25	18	1
The Mott Hall School ASD Nest ProgramOpen to students currently enrolled in the Nest program. If you are applying to Autism programs for the first time, please visit www.schools.nyc.gov/specializedprograms for the application and contact AutismPrograms@schools.nyc.gov with questions.	ASD/ACES Program	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Where its students go next. The DOE lists High School for Environmental Studies, The Bronx High School of Science and Inwood Early College for Health and Information Technologies 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, 88 of the 104 eighth graders at The Mott Hall School who applied to high school sat the SHSAT: 85%, which means most of the grade took the test. Across District 6 the rate was 34%, so this school sits 51 points above it. Citywide, among public middle schools that published both counts, 39% of eighth graders sat the test. No school in District 6 had a higher share of its eighth grade sit the SHSAT that year. With 104 eighth graders applying to high school, it has the largest eighth grade of the 19 schools listed in District 6.

8 students from the school received an offer to one of the eight testing specialized high schools, 9% of its testers. Across the city, 4,023 offers went to 26,123 testers that year, 15.4%. It ranks 86th of the 111 middle schools whose 2026 offer count was large enough to be published.

The number of testers went from 74 in 2022 admissions to 88 in 2026, up 14. The eighth grade itself grew from 82 to 104 over the same years, so part of that movement is the size of the class, not the share sitting the test. Offers went from 9 in 2024 to 8 in 2026, with a high of 11 in 2025. In 2022 and 2023, the offer count was 5 or fewer and was not published.

In District 6, the most offers in 2026 admissions went to students from P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs (12), out of 20 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 9 of its students in 2024 (other years: 5 or fewer, not published).

Year by year

SHSAT testers and specialized high school offers at The Mott Hall 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	82	74	90%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2023	79	70	89%	5 or fewer (not published)	5 or fewer (not published)
2024	75	68	91%	9	9
2025	86	74	86%	11	5 or fewer (not published)
2026	104	88	85%	8	5 or fewer (not published)
District 6, 2026	1,218	326	34%	at least 20
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 6 with a similar share of testers

The schools just above and below Mott Hall School when District 6’s schools are ordered by the share of eighth graders who sat the SHSAT in 2026 admissions.

P.S./I.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs60% of 93 sat the test · 12 offers
Washington Heights Academy53% of 57 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt39% of 70 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Amistad Dual Language School38% of 42 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
Community Math & Science Prep32% of 28 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)
P.S. 018 Park Terrace31% of 26 sat the test · offers: 5 or fewer (not published)

Every school in District 6, side by side

See how this school ranks

In 2026 admissions, Mott Hall School received 8 specialized high school offers for 88 students who sat the SHSAT: 9.1 per 100. That ranks it #23 of 23 in Manhattan and #93 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 Mott Hall 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 Mott Hall 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.

Mott Hall 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 06M223; 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.