Summary:
Hastings Public School District has just one middle school: Hastings Middle School, serving grades 5 through 8 with 1,183 students on 11th St W in Hastings, Minnesota. Because it is the district's only middle campus, the district's 5th–8th grade results and the school's results are identical in every subject — district middle-grade performance is this school's performance. At roughly 296 students per grade, it is a sizeable Minnesota middle school, so small percentage differences represent real numbers of students (about 12 students per percentage point).
Statewide, the school ranked 266th of 546 middle schools in 2025–26 — the 51st percentile, with a 3-star rating, or essentially the median Minnesota middle school. Proficiency trails the state in all three tested subjects: math at 37.7% versus 44.9%, reading at 46.1% versus 48.6%, and science at 16.0% versus 25.5%. Reading is only slightly behind the state; math and science are the larger gaps, and science is the widest deficit of all.
By grade, 8th grade math is the clear bright spot at 43.8% — the only result in the data that is above the state (42.3%). The weakest points are 7th grade math (30.5%) and reading (38.3%), plus 8th grade science, where proficiency is under 10% (9.9%) against a state figure of 16.7%. Performance slides from grade 5 to grade 7 in both math (41.5% → 35.2% → 30.5%) and reading (51.8% → 48.2% → 38.3%), then rebounds in 8th grade. Year over year, math rose 3.2 points and science 1.2, while reading fell 2.8. Free/reduced lunch is 27.64% — below typical Minnesota rates — and the student–teacher ratio is 16.9:1.
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