Horsham Downs School

Horsham Downs School is a co-educational full primary school in Horsham Downs, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 385 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 397. The school has been open since 1916.

With 385 students on roll, Horsham Downs School is a large school — larger than about 72% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 397, which is well 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 gap of 66 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 53.2% and Asian at 37.6%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.35 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.