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If you had an hour of school board time for Hastings Middle School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,183
Middle
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 495
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271353000693
Hastings Middle School
1000 11TH ST W, HASTINGS, MN 55033 · (651) 480-7066 · Dakota County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,183 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Minnesota public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
327 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 48%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 286 | 24% |
| Grade 6 | 297 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 307 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 25% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
48.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
34.5%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MN schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hastings Middle School
Hastings Middle School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings Middle School this school | 1,183 | 27.6% | 37.5% |
| BUFFALO COMMUNITY MIDDLE BUFFALO | 1,160 | 27.5% | 45.7% |
| Discovery Middle School ALEXANDRIA | 898 | 28.1% | 48.8% |
| Monticello Middle MONTICELLO | 860 | 28.8% | 44.3% |
| Sauk Rapids-Rice Middle School SAUK RAPIDS | 1,055 | 32.8% | 33.4% |
| Forest Lake Area Middle School FOREST LAKE | 916 | 26.1% | 41.1% |
Matched among Minnesota middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hastings Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Dakota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #148 of 245 | #12 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #161 of 245 | #13 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #122 of 245 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,183 | #17 of 306 | #3 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #112 of 210 | #9 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #147 of 216 | #16 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #179 of 252 | #9 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #65 of 129 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,183
-97 (-8%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,087
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 21.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,183 | 69.8 | 16.9:1 | 28% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 1,178 | 71 | 16.6:1 | 31% (360) |
| 2022-23 | 1,210 | 62.6 | 19.3:1 | 33% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 1,280 | 59 | 21.7:1 | 20% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 1,341 | 73.3 | 18.3:1 | 21% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 1,380 | 74 | 18.6:1 | 20% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 1,113 | 63 | 17.7:1 | 26% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 1,258 | 69 | 18.2:1 | 11% (139) |
| 1990-91 | 1,087 | 58 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hastings Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,341 to 1,183); teachers down 5% (73.3 to 69.8).
About Hastings Middle School
Hastings Middle School is a middle school in HASTINGS, Minnesota, reachable at (651) 480-7066. The school has 1,183 students in 2024-25 across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Minnesota enroll about 495 students on average.
The Hastings Public School District system has 11 schools and 4,041 students.
White students are 82% of those enrolled at Hastings Middle School. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
The school's 69.8 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Minnesota is similar, at 17.5:1. Income data for the school show 28% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Hastings Middle School lands at C, ahead of 26% of Minnesota public middle schools.
Hastings Middle School falls short of its prediction by 12.8 points. The model expects 50.2% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Minnesota; the school's rate is 37.5%.
For the population of Dakota County, the median household earns about $106,318 a year, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Dakota County, 170 public schools serve about 74,687 students.
The closest school to Hastings Middle School is Special Services, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Hastings Middle School ranks 4th of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 37.5% against a local average of 53.5%.
Hastings Middle School has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment was 1,183 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,280. The ratio was 21.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.9:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Hastings Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dakota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
445,771
Census ACS
Median income
$106,318
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
170
74,687 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hastings Public School District
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryElementary · 470 students
- Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Pinecrest ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- Hastings Early Child Special Ed.Elementary · 100 students
- Tilden Community PreschoolElementary · 35 students
Other schools in HASTINGS
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Christa McAuliffe ElementaryElementary · 470 students
- Kennedy ElementaryElementary · 461 students
- Pinecrest ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- Hastings Early Child Special Ed.Elementary · 100 students
- Tilden Community PreschoolElementary · 35 students
Other Hastings Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hastings Middle. Hastings Middle School is the largest of the 5.
- HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLHASTINGS, NE · 757 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolUpper Arlington, OH · 753 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolHASTINGS, MI · 584 students
- Hastings MiddleFairhaven, MA · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Special Services0.0 mi · 2
- Pinecrest Elementary0.2 mi · 436
- Tilden Community Preschool0.5 mi · 35
- STAARS0.5 mi · 8
- Hastings Early Child Special Ed.0.5 mi · 100
- Kennedy Elementary0.9 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Hastings Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hastings Middle School?
Hastings Middle School enrolls approximately 1,183 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Hastings Middle School serve?
Hastings Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Hastings Middle School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Hastings Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hastings Middle School?
At Hastings Middle School, the student body is approximately 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Hastings Middle School?
Hastings Middle School is overseen by Hastings Public School District in Dakota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.