📍 7 Crosby Road, Lexington, Middlesex County, 02421
Maria Hastings is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Lexington, Middlesex County. The school has 598 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lexington school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. 78% of students are proficient in reading. 74% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Maria Hastings enrolls 598 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 52.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Asian, 34% White and 9.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Asian | 283 | 47% |
| White | 206 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 9.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 5.9% |
| Black or African American | 19 | 3.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Maria Hastings is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MA-50, state senate district 16, state house district 132.
Maria Hastings is one of 10 schools in Lexington, based in Lexington, Massachusetts. The district serves 6,748 students district-wide and employs 624 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 598 students, Maria Hastings is close to the district average of about 675 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large