Bankwood School

Bankwood School is a co-educational contributing school in Hamilton, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 346 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 526. The school has been open since 1964.

With 346 students on roll, Bankwood School is a large school — larger than about 67% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 526, 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 63 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 46.4% and Pasifika at 30.2%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.15 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.