With proficiency rate significantly above the state average, Hastings High School was ranked the 29th best school district in Minnesota by US News and World Report online magazine. 

The magazine annually ranks educational institutions. Hastings was also ranked 29th in the magazine’s 2022 rankings. 

Hastings had an overall scorecard of 89.72, which is comprised of the following actors: 

• 39 percent of students took at least one Advanced Placement class exam, and 29 percent passed at least one AP exam.
• 63 percent of students tested proficient in math, 70 percent were proficient in reading and 73 percent were proficient in science.
• The district’s graduation rate is 96 percent.

Hastings was ranked as the 27th best school in the Twin Cities area, according to the magazine. 

The top 30 school districts in the state for 2023-24 are: 

1. Math and Science Academy, Woodbury 
2. Nova Classical Academy Upper School, St. Paul 
3. Eagle Ridge Academy, Minnetonka 
4. Orono Senior High School, Long Lake 
5. Edina Senior High School 
6. Minnetonka Senior High School 
7. Wayzata High School 
8. Eagan Senior High School 
9. Parnassus Prep School, Maple Grove 
10. Mahtomedi Senior High School 
11. Eastview Senior High School, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan 
12. Mounds View Senior High School, Arden hills 
13. Woodbury High School 
14. Treknorth High School, Bemidji 
15. Andover High School 
16. East Ridge High School, Woodbury 
17. Mound-Westonka High School, Minnetrista 
18. Sartell Senior High School 
19. Rosemount Senior High School 
20. Chaska High School 
21. St. Anthony Village Senior High School 
22. St. Michael-Albertville Senior High School 
23. Great River School, St. Paul 
24. Delano High School 
25. Stillwater Area High School 
26. Central High School, St. Paul 
27. Harbor City International Charter, Duluth 
28. Eden Prairie Senior High School 
29. Hastings High School 
30. Irondale Senior High School 

Nearby Cannon Falls Secondary School came in with a ranking of 52. Park High School in Cottage Grove was ranked 120th. Red Wing was ranked 129th.