Bishop Viard College

Bishop Viard College is a co-educational secondary (year 7-15) school in Porirua, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 391 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 505. The school has been open since 1968.

With 391 students on roll, Bishop Viard College is a large school — larger than about 72% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 505, 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 42 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is Pasifika at 72.5%, with a meaningful Asian community at 14.3% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.03 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.