Hastings Intermediate

Hastings Intermediate is a co-educational intermediate school in Hastings, within the Hawke's Bay Region, operating in the state sector, with 407 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 509. The school has been open since 1954.

With 407 students on roll, Hastings Intermediate is a large school — larger than about 74% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 509, 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 46 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 55.1%, with a meaningful Pasifika community at 21.2% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.04 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.