Hastings High School, Hastings on Hudson NY

Original Research by School Decision on Hastings High School

Hastings High School is a four-year public high school in a small Hudson River village characterized by a bohemian, artsy culture, tree-lined residential hills, and a compact downtown free of chain stores. The school serves a student body of roughly this cohort size, drawn from Hastings-on-Hudson proper and parts of the adjacent Town of Greenburgh. The enrollment is predominantly white, with a meaningful Hispanic presence and smaller Asian and multiracial populations; the school does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch data or counts of students with individualized education plans or English learners, so family economic diversity and the scope of special services remain unclear from public records.

The village itself is a commuter enclave where residents commonly work in health care, education, and professional services, often with long commutes to New York City. Locally, the school district functions as a significant institutional employer. Housing costs in the Hastings-on-Hudson zip code are elevated; home values have risen year-over-year, and median monthly rents are substantial. For families considering the school, the housing market reflects a prosperous suburb, and the rental-to-income pressure is considerable. The village adopted a comprehensive plan in May 2025 that will shape growth and redevelopment, particularly the cleanup of a long-abandoned industrial waterfront, though housing construction has historically been modest.

Hastings High School's academic standing relative to other districts in Westchester County cannot be determined from the available data. State testing results, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism metrics were not reported for the school, making it impossible to position its performance against peer districts. This absence may reflect gaps in state reporting or data collection lag; a parent seeking to understand academic outcomes should contact the school directly or consult the district office.

The district approved a substantial capital bond in June 2025 that includes facility improvements across all three schools and expanded instructional space. This reflects both deferred maintenance and a commitment to modernizing buildings. An earlier budget rejection in 2022 created constraints the district cited as having lasting consequences, though subsequent budgets have passed with voter approval. The 2025-26 budget passed comfortably.

Structurally, school life in Hastings is woven into village fabric. Hastings High School sits at One Mount Hope Boulevard within a short distance of the elementary and middle schools, the downtown shopping district, the public library overlooking the Hudson, and the extensive park system anchored by the Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway. Metro-North commuter rail and Westchester bus transit serve the village. This geography creates a walkable, integrated civic environment rather than a suburban campus setting.

For program detail, course breadth, staffing patterns, and specific academic or career pathways, state testing data, or graduation outcomes, interested families should visit the school's website or contact the district directly. The data necessary to characterize Hastings High School's instructional approach and achievement profile is not currently available through public records reviewed here.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=95%Cohort of 127 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Advanced Placement & IB

22 subjects offered · 2023-24

Each card is one AP or IB subject. The headline number is the share of students scoring 3 or higher on the exam — the threshold for college credit at most universities. The bar below each rate shows the underlying distribution across performance levels.

Score:12· no credit345· extremely well qualified

Math and Computer Science

Calculus AB

24 tested

83.3%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science A

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Computer Science Principles

13 tested · Grade 10

53.8%

scored 3 or higher

Statistics

12 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Sciences

Biology

84 tested

78.6%

scored 3 or higher

Chemistry

13 tested

92.3%

scored 3 or higher

Environmental Science

45 tested

80.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

5 tested

60.0%

scored 3 or higher

Physics C: Mechanics

19 tested

78.9%

scored 3 or higher

History and Social Sciences

Comparative Government and Politics

1 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

European History

26 tested

50.0%

scored 3 or higher

Macroeconomics

29 tested

89.7%

scored 3 or higher

Microeconomics

2 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Psychology

72 tested

48.6%

scored 3 or higher

U.S. History

53 tested

84.9%

scored 3 or higher

World Languages and Cultures

German Language and Culture

1 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Spanish Language and Culture

4 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Arts

Music Theory

5 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

Other

Literature and Comp

50 tested

92.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 2d Design

20 tested

100.0%

scored 3 or higher

Studio Art 3d Design

3 tested

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

World History

2 tested · Grade 10

0.0%

scored 3 or higher

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Science	147	99.0%
Social Studies	116	99.0%
Ela	115	99.0%
Math	68	91.0%

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.