Gate Pa School

Gate Pa School is a co-educational contributing school in Tauranga, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state sector, with 398 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 507. The school has been open since 1951.

With 398 students on roll, Gate Pa School is a large school — larger than about 73% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 507, 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 44 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Asian at 41.1% and European at 36.9%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

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.