Ascot Community School

Ascot Community School is a co-educational full primary school in Invercargill, within the Southland Region, operating in the state sector, with 237 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 516. The school has been open since 1999.

With 237 students on roll, Ascot Community School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 53% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 516, which is 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 53 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 56%, with a meaningful Middle Eastern / Latin American / African community at 16.5% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.81 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.