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High Schools in Hastings Public School District

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At a glance

DistrictHastings Public School District224^th of 458 Minnesota districtsFull district overview →

Schools

1,354

Students

Top rankedHastings High School247^th of 473 Minnesota high schools

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Smallest classes

Hastings High School 20.1 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Hastings Alternative Center

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Summary:

High Schools in the Hastings Public School District in Minnesota include four schools serving grades 9–12 (one is grade 12 only), with a combined enrollment of 1,354 students and a district-wide ranking of 224 of 458 statewide, at the 51st percentile with 3 stars.

The area's high school landscape is really one large comprehensive school plus three very small settings. Hastings High School enrolls 1,301 students — about 96% of all listed high school enrollment — while Hastings Alternative Center (32 students), HOA High School (13), and Staars (8) together serve just 53 students. Hastings High reports a 95.6% graduation rate and 2.8% dropout rate, both better than the state's 84.9% and 4.2%; Hastings Alternative Center reports 94.7% graduation and 0.0% dropout. However, Hastings High's state ranking has slid sharply over three years, from 63 of 480 (87th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–2024 to 135 of 450 (70th percentile, 4 stars) in 2024–2025 and 247 of 473 (48th percentile, 2 stars) in 2025–2026. Its test scores also fell from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: math 45.95% to 41.5%, reading 48.88% to 38%, and science 33.99% to 19%. Science is the clearest weak spot: Hastings High's End-of-Course science result of 19% is well below the state's 35%.

Family context differs across these schools. Hastings High has the lowest reported free/reduced lunch rate at 23.83%, compared with 53.12% at Hastings Alternative Center and 46.15% at HOA High. Hastings High also has the highest reported student/teacher ratio (20.1), versus 15.7 at the Alternative Center and 8.0 at Staars. The three small schools have limited or suppressed data — HOA High's 2025–2026 test scores are all hidden, and Staars reports no test, graduation, or dropout results — so comparisons there are not reliable, and suppressed values should not be read as zeros.

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Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				MCA-IV Reading (2026)		MCA-IV Science (2026)		MCA-III Math (2026)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MCA-IV Reading 10th Grade	MCA-IV Reading All Grades	MCA-IV Science End of Course	MCA-IV Science All Grades	MCA-III Math 11th Grade	MCA-III Math All Grades	Total
Hastings High School	Public	9-12	200 General Sieben Dr	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 480-7470	1,301	64	20.1	23.8%	1,066 (81.9%)	42 (3.2%)	94 (7.2%)	17 (1.3%)	4 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	78 (6.0%)	51.6	247^th of 473 public high schools	47.8%		70.2	135^th of 450 public high schools	70.0%	112	38.0	38.0	19.0	19.0	41.5	41.5	$12,583
Hastings Alternative Center	Public	9-12	200 General Sieben Dr	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 480-7690	32	2	15.7	53.1%	17 (53.1%)	3 (9.4%)	3 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (25.0%)	6.5	452^nd of 473 public high schools	4.4%					(n/a)			5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	$17,677
Staars	Public	12	310 River St	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	No	No	(651) 480-7670	8	1	8.0	—	4 (50.0%)	2 (25.0%)	2 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)							$40,210
HOA High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	200 General Sieben Dr	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	No	Yes	No	(651) 480-7470	13	0		46.2%	11 (84.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (7.7%)								(n/a)
Allina Hastings PHP	Public	6-12	1285 Nininger Rd	Hastings	55033	Dakota County	Hastings Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(651) 480-7000	0			—	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Intermediate School District 917	1.23 mi	15
South Washington County Schools	6.68 mi	28	144^th
Inver Grove Heights Schools	9.74 mi	8	260^th
Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan	11.03 mi	39	85^th
STEAM Academy Charter School	11.17 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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