📍 200 General Sieben Dr, Hastings, Dakota County, 55033
Hastings Alternative Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Hastings, Dakota County. The school has 33 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hastings Public School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 1.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1. 25% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 75%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hastings Alternative Center enrolls 33 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 58% male and 42% female. A teaching staff of 1.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 12% Two or more races and 9.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 23 | 70% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 9.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | 6.1% |
| Asian | 1 | 3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
17 of the school's 33 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 15 qualify for free lunch and 2 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hastings Alternative Center is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-20, state senate district 54.
Hastings Alternative Center is one of 11 schools in Hastings Public School District, based in HASTINGS, Minnesota. The district serves 4,041 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 33 students, Hastings Alternative Center is smaller than the district average of about 367 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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