Hastings Middle School

Hastings Middle School, a roomy intermediate school in HASTINGS, Minnesota, operated by Hastings Public School District, enrolls 1,183 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 495 students per school, that is 139% larger than typical.

Hastings Middle School is one of 11 schools operated by Hastings Public School District, a district that teaches 4,041 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Hastings Middle School logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder comes out to 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hastings Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Minnesota public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.2%; Hastings Middle School posts 37.5%, -12.8 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dakota County indicate median household earnings sit near $106,318, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Dakota County's 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), Hastings Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Special Services is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hastings Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.5%.

Hastings Middle School operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 1,341 students in 2018 compared to 1,183 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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