NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MN

Best-Resourced Schools in Hastings, MN

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11 public K-12 schools in Hastings from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
4,024
Students
35.6/100
Avg Resource Index
17.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hastings has more public-school enrollment than 44% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hastings's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

4 of the 11 listed Hastings schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 44-point gap between New Chance and Hastings Early Child Special Ed. shows the range hidden by Hastings's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 56%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Hastings High School accounts for 32.3% of all Hastings public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Hastings-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hastings school enrollment varies 434× across entities

Hastings school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 1,301 students (highest), a spread of 1,298 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hastings student-teacher ratio is 17.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Hastings is typically wider than the Hastings-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. New Chance 59
2. Christa Mcauliffe Elementary 53
3. Riverside School 51
4. Pinecrest Elementary 48
5. Kennedy Elementary 41
6. Hastings Middle School 36
7. Hoa High School 30
8. Hastings High School 29
9. Hastings Early Child Special Ed. 15
10. Hastings Alternative Center 15
11. Staars 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hastings

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Riverside School 71.3/100
  2. 2 Hastings Alternative Center 63.7/100
  3. 3 Staars 62.5/100
  4. 4 New Chance 44.4/100
  5. 5 Christa Mcauliffe Elementary 37.9/100

What do families ask about schools in Hastings?

Which Hastings school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Chance has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hastings schools in this federal-data comparison at 59/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hastings, MN? ▼

Hastings has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,024 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.