Aorangi School (Rotorua)

Aorangi School (Rotorua) is a co-educational contributing school in Rotorua, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state sector, with 81 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 554. The school has been open since 1976.

With 81 students on roll, Aorangi School (Rotorua) is a small school — larger than about 22% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 554, which is well above the national average of 463. A higher Equity Index signals greater socio-economic need in the school's community — schools in this band receive more targeted government funding and support. The gap of 91 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Pasifika at 47.2% and European at 41.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.35 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.