Ebbett Park School

Ebbett Park School is a co-educational contributing school in Hastings, within the Hawke's Bay Region, operating in the state sector, with 174 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 533. The school has been open since 1960.

With 174 students on roll, Ebbett Park School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 42% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 533, 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 70 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 51.8% and Pasifika at 33%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.07 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.