Fairfield College

Fairfield College is a co-educational secondary (year 9-15) school in Hamilton, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 929 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 527. The school has been open since 1957.

With 929 students on roll, Fairfield College is a very large school — larger than about 94% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 527, 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 64 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 57.2%, with a meaningful Pasifika community at 20.5% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.12 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.