Special Services

Special Services operates as a rural-scale elementary-level community in HASTINGS, Minnesota, run under Hastings Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 2 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 99% below the typical public school in Minnesota, which averages around 344 students.

Within Hastings Public School District, which oversees 11 schools and 4,041 students, Special Services is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Special Services reports that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 50% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dakota County shows median household earnings sit near $106,318, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Dakota County runs 170 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,687 students), of which Special Services is one.

The closest other public school is Hastings Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Special Services.

Special Services operates from a town-center location.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.