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Hastings Area School District

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Hastings Area School District is located in south Michigan. Hastings Area School District has 169.87 square miles of land area and 4.40 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Hastings Area School District population is 19,169. Hastings Area School District median household income is $47,779 in 2010-2014. Hastings Area School District median house value is $110,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Hastings Area School District is better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (196 out of 510, top 38%) Elementary/Middle School: (206 out of 516, top 40%)* Rank: #226
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	19,169 (2010-2014), rank #141
Population Growth	1.07% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	110.00/sq mi, rank #272
Median Household Income:	$47,779 at 2010-2014—3.05% increase since 2005-2009, rank #261
Median House Price:	$110,300 at 2010-2014—-19.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #284
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	169.87 sq mi, rank #85
Water Area:	4.40 sq mi (2.53%), rank #138
State:	Michigan
County:	Calhoun County, Barry County
City:	Battle Creek, Hastings, Nashville, Dowling, Bellevue, Freeport, Delton, Woodland
Zip:	49017, 49058, 49073, 49050, 49021, 49325, 49046, 48897
Area:	Battle Creek, MI;Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

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Hastings Area School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

232 West Grand St

Hastings MI, 49058, Barry County

Phone: 269-948-4400

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	2,752	2,788	2,834	2,910	2,996	3,058	3,120
English Language Learner Students:	30	27	26	27	28	29	NA
Total Teachers:	140.20	139.05	143.40	141.19	142.00	149.00	155.50
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	12.00	12.00	6.00	5.00	6.00	7.00	6.50
Elementary:	47.50	46.45	49.40	49.69	49.20	50.60	52.20
Secondary:	61.20	60.80	66.00	65.70	68.10	69.00	74.20
Ungraded:	19.50	19.80	21.00	19.80	18.70	21.40	21.60
Total Other Staff:	105.20	95.85	117.29	121.81	135.99	145.30	151.20
Instructional Aides:	15.60	7.00	13.37	18.50	20.96	25.00	24.70
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.00	1.00	5.00	4.00	5.00	5.00	6.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.81	2.00	3.00	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
District Administrators:	5.00	5.50	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	12.00	10.25	9.00	9.00	9.00	10.00	12.00
School Administrative Support:	10.00	11.00	11.00	13.00	15.00	14.00	14.00
Student Support Services:	23.00	25.00	22.25	13.20	13.05	15.90	17.70
Other Support Services:	32.60	30.10	48.67	54.30	59.98	60.40	60.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.63	20.05	19.76	20.61	21.10	20.52	20.06

Schools

Central Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	509 South Broadway St, Hastings MI 49058
Hastings High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	520 West South St, Hastings MI 49058
Hastings Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	232 West Grand St, Hastings MI 49058
Northeastern Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	519 East Grant St, Hastings MI 49058
Southeastern Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1300 South East St, Hastings MI 49058
Star Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 5	1900 Star School Rd, Hastings MI 49058

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
MEAP Test
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	51.3%	52.4%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	48.8%	53.5%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	75.1%	70.1%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	60.4%	68%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	65.5%	56.8%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	61.5%	59.8%
2006	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	48.5%	55.2%
2007	Writing	12th Grade	% met std	44%	55.9%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.8%	87%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	91.2%	87.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.5%	90.2%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	94.3%	91.3%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	99%	94.8%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	97.1%	95.3%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	39%	36.3%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	45.3%	40.9%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.6%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	87.4%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.4%	86.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.5%	86.4%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90.8%	89.8%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	86.8%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	62.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	80%	66.5%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	41.6%	51.5%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.8%	51.8%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	55.1%	57.4%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	51.5%	61.1%
2006	Listening	4th Grade	% met std	68.8%	62.8%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.2%	81.6%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.6%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	93.5%	85.8%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	91.9%	87.9%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	96.3%	92.3%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	95.4%	91.5%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	50.9%	39.9%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	49.3%	44.9%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.8%	83.2%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88.3%	84.9%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	83.8%	82.8%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	84.1%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.5%	84.1%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	67.7%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	75.7%	68.1%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	50.2%	54.8%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	42.4%	45.2%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	38.7%	44.5%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	45.7%	44.4%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.6%	47.2%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	58.7%	44.5%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	56.1%	46.7%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	73.4%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.8%	75.9%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.6%	74.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	87.3%	76.8%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.4%	79.5%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.8%	79.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	47.5%	39.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	45.6%	45.7%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.3%	80%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.9%	84.1%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	81.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84.6%	81.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	85.2%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88.9%	85.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.4%	68.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	80%	70.4%
2006	Science	5th Grade	% met std	84.4%	76.8%
2007	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.8%	82.8%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	94.6%	81.7%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.9%	83.1%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	89.3%	81%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87.7%	78.1%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	28.7%	15.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	14.9%	13.1%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.8%	62.9%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57%	57.4%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	70.3%	58.8%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	63.6%	63.4%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.8%	65.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.4%	69%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.3%	72.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84.7%	79.9%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88.3%	82%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	84.5%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	34.9%	37.1%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	40.5%	40.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.6%	79.6%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.6%	83.3%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	81.8%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83.1%	80.5%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.6%	87.7%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	87.5%	84%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.9%	67%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	77.2%	68.2%
2010	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	81.1%	73.4%
2011	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	79.7%	75.3%
2012	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	30.8%	27.7%
2013	Social Studies	6th Grade	% met std	37.8%	29.7%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	74.5%	74.8%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	77.4%	74.1%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.7%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	75.7%	75.7%
2006	Listening	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	50%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	59.6%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	72.4%	64.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	72.7%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86.6%	82.6%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	89.1%	82.2%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83.5%	84.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	19.4%	37.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	26.9%	38.4%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	75.8%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.5%	79.7%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.2%	72.5%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	81%	79.6%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.9%	79%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.6%	59.7%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	67.3%	62%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	58.4%	66.7%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	65.4%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	77.2%	76.6%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	76.3%	77.9%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46.9%	47.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	47.3%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	39.2%	51.7%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	64.6%	63.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	66.7%	68.1%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	74.9%	71.6%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	79.3%	74.5%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	70.3%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.9%	78%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	30.4%	29.4%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	36.6%	32.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	75.8%	72.9%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	75.6%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	79.1%	77.1%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	75.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	80%	83.4%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	85.5%	81.9%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	63.4%	60.5%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	69.6%	65.7%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.3%	76.8%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80.9%	74.9%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.1%	79.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78.8%	76.3%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	75.9%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	78.1%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	20.5%	16.5%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	12.4%	15.9%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	62.4%	64.7%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	63.4%	66.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	70.7%	69.8%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	72.5%	74.2%
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	82.2%	71.1%
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	83.1%	72.8%
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	40.2%	28.7%
2013	Social Studies	9th Grade	% met std	39.4%	28.6%
MME Test
2007	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	52.3%	51%
2008	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	48.1%	52.3%
2009	English Lang Arts	11th Grade	% met std	50.7%	52.1%
2007	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	54%	46.5%
2008	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	50.9%	46.2%
2009	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	53.4%	49.3%
2010	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	57.3%	50.4%
2011	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	66%	52%
2012	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	31.9%	29.1%
2013	Mathematics	11th Grade	% met std	27%	29%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	65%	59.7%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	63.2%	61.9%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	62.6%	59.9%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	68.3%	65.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67%	63%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	55.9%
2013	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	53%	54%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	59.9%	55.9%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.4%	56.6%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	57.9%	55.6%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	61.5%	57.9%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69%	61%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	25.2%	25.8%
2013	Science	11th Grade	% met std	30%	26%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	86.9%	83.3%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.6%	79.9%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	85.1%	81.3%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	81.7%	79.4%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	87%	77%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	39%	40.5%
2013	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	45%	39%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	34.5%	40.1%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	36.5%	41.1%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	35.7%	43.4%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	45%	43.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	47%	47%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.4%
2013	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	48%	49%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$25,911,000	$9,143		$27,471,000	$9,440		$27,618,000	$9,218
Federal:	$1,183,000	$417	4.6%	$2,045,000	$703	7.4%	$2,141,000	$715	7.8%
State:	$18,137,000	$6,400	70.0%	$18,428,000	$6,333	67.1%	$18,351,000	$6,125	66.4%
Local:	$6,591,000	$2,326	25.4%	$6,998,000	$2,405	25.5%	$7,126,000	$2,379	25.8%
Total Expenditures:	$25,954,000	$9,158		$27,074,000	$9,304		$25,960,000	$8,665
Total Current Expenditures:	$23,685,000	$8,357		$24,497,000	$8,418		$24,389,000	$8,141
Instructional Expenditures:	$16,401,000	$5,787	69.2%	$16,388,000	$5,632	66.9%	$16,558,000	$5,527	67.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$700,000	$247	3.0%	$888,000	$305	3.6%	$715,000	$239	2.9%
Administration:	$2,602,000	$918	11.0%	$2,706,000	$930	11.0%	$2,683,000	$896	11.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$3,982,000	$1,405	16.8%	$4,515,000	$1,552	18.4%	$4,433,000	$1,480	18.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$651,000	$230		$858,000	$295		$34,000	$11
Construction:	$377,000	$133		$127,000	$44		$0	$0
Total Other:	$602,000	$212		$601,000	$207		$607,000	$203
Interest on Debt:	$976,000	$344		$1,034,000	$355		$918,000	$306

Total Salary:	$12,889,000	$4,548		$13,599,000	$4,673		$14,098,000	$4,706
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$10,004,000	$3,530	77.6%	$10,130,000	$3,481	74.5%	$10,642,000	$3,552	75.5%
Other Salary:	$2,885,000	$1,018	22.4%	$3,469,000	$1,192	25.5%	$3,456,000	$1,154	24.5%
Total Benefit:	$7,330,000	$2,586		$7,627,000	$2,621		$7,388,000	$2,466
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$5,613,000	$1,981	76.6%	$5,558,000	$1,910	72.9%	$5,314,000	$1,774	71.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,717,000	$606	23.4%	$2,069,000	$711	27.1%	$2,074,000	$692	28.1%

* Hastings Area School District was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.