Hororata School

Hororata School is a co-educational contributing school in Darfield, within the Canterbury Region, operating in the state sector, with 71 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 432. The school has been open since 1870.

With 71 students on roll, Hororata School is a small school — larger than about 20% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 432, which is below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 54.2% and Asian at 34.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.03 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.