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Enrollment
757
Middle
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 411
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 317158001053
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
201 N MARIAN ROAD, HASTINGS, NE 68901 · (402) 461-7520 · Adams County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Nebraska 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.
- CBeats 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 Nebraska public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
477 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 37%
Community
1
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 6 | 241 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 244 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 272 | 36% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 57% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL→HASTINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NSCAS 2024-25 . % On Track + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
44.7%
NE avg 57.6%
Math
46.9%
NE avg 60.6%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
Source: NSCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
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 (46.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 757 | 63.0% | 46.6% |
| NORFOLK MIDDLE SCHOOL NORFOLK | 628 | 54.9% | 56.0% |
| FREMONT MIDDLE SCHOOL FREMONT | 689 | 65.6% | 44.9% |
| BLUFFS MIDDLE SCHOOL SCOTTSBLUFF | 754 | 60.3% | 46.3% |
| NORFOLK JR HIGH SCHOOL NORFOLK | 631 | 54.5% | 47.5% |
| ALLIANCE MIDDLE SCHOOL ALLIANCE | 261 | 60.5% | 49.2% |
Matched among Nebraska 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 Nebraska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #77 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #79 of 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #83 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #26 of 143 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #15 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #36 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #7 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #26 of 52 |
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
757
+46 (+6%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 757 | 61.7 | 12.3:1 | 63% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 773 | 57.7 | 13.4:1 | 61% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 57.1 | 13.7:1 | 52% (407) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 57 | 12.5:1 | 66% (471) |
| 2017-18 | 830 | 57.2 | 14.5:1 | 63% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 790 | 53 | 14.9:1 | 59% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 749 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 57% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 36% (173) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (830 to 757); teachers up 8% (57.2 to 61.7).
About HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a large middle school with its address in HASTINGS, Nebraska. Its enrollment is 757 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 411 students for middle schools in Nebraska.
The 8 schools in HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS enroll 3,789 students altogether, HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL among them.
The largest group at HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is White students, at 64%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. By comparison, Adams County residents are about 84% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
Teacher count: 61.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.3:1. Across middle schools in Nebraska, the average ratio is 14.5:1. Roughly 63% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 21 points above the 42% average for public schools in Adams County.
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Nebraska public middle schools.
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.6%, compared with a predicted 54.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Nebraska schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Adams County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $68,365 a year, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, Adams County has 18 public schools.
HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th of 5 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 757, compared with 711 in 2020-21.
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Adams County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,052
Census ACS
Median income
$68,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- HASTINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 991 students
- MORTON EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 501 students
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- RAYMOND A WATSON ELEM SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 305 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 289 students
Other schools in HASTINGS
- HASTINGS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 991 students
- ADAMS CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 506 students
- MORTON EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 501 students
- ADAMS CENTRAL JR-SR HIGH SCHHigh · 452 students
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
- RAYMOND A WATSON ELEM SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
Other Hastings Middle schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hastings Middle. HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Hastings Middle SchoolHASTINGS, MN · 1,183 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolUpper Arlington, OH · 753 students
- Hastings Middle SchoolHASTINGS, MI · 584 students
- Hastings MiddleFairhaven, MA · 415 students
Nearby schools
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 343
- WEST HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 22
- MORTON EARLY LEARNING CENTER1.1 mi · 501
- RAYMOND A WATSON ELEM SCHOOL1.4 mi · 336
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 289
- LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 757 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 12.3:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 29% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
HASTINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HASTINGS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.