Blomfield Special School and Resource Ctre

Blomfield Special School and Resource Ctre is a co-educational specialist school school in Whangarei, within the Northland Region, operating in the state sector, with 185 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 518. The school has been open since 1960.

With 185 students on roll, Blomfield Special School and Resource Ctre is a medium-sized school — larger than about 45% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 518, 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 55 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 69.1%, with a meaningful Pasifika community at 18.6% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.57 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.