Summary:
ZIP code 55033 contains exactly one middle school: Hastings Middle School, which serves grades 5–8 in the Hastings Public School District. With 1,183 students, it is a large middle school — roughly 296 students per grade — and it is the only school covering these middle grades in the district. Statewide, it ranks 266 of 546 Minnesota middle schools in 2025–2026, placing it at the 51st percentile with 3 stars, a middle-of-the-pack profile.
The school's clearest academic bright spot is 8th-grade math, where 43.8% of students are proficient compared with 42.3% statewide — the one grade-level subject where it exceeds state results. Fifth-grade reading (51.8% vs 54.5% state) and 5th-grade science (22.3% vs 25.9%) are its next closest results to state averages. All-grade math also improved year over year, rising 3.21 points from 34.49% to 37.7%, though it remains 7.2 points below the state's 44.9%. Reading is the closest all-grade subject to state, just 2.5 points back.
Science is the largest all-grade gap: 16.0% proficient versus 25.5% statewide, a 9.5-point difference that mirrors a district-wide weakness. Seventh grade is the sharpest pressure point, with math at 30.5% vs 40.3% state — a 9.8-point gap — and reading 5.2 points below state. Eighth-grade science is the lowest single result at 9.9% vs 16.7% state. Reading slipped 2.82 points this year, and the school's rank percentile has drifted from 58th in 2023–24 to 51st now, though it held 3 stars each year. Context metrics are moderate: 27.64% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and the student-teacher ratio is 16.9.
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