Flaxmere Primary School

Flaxmere Primary School is a co-educational full primary school in Hastings, within the Hawke's Bay Region, operating in the state sector, with 421 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 539. The school has been open since 1970.

With 421 students on roll, Flaxmere Primary School is a large school — larger than about 75% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 539, 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 76 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is Pasifika at 72.2%, with a meaningful European community at 21.5% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.2 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.