John Paul College

John Paul College is a co-educational secondary (year 7-15) school in Rotorua, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 1,090 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 415. The school has been open since 1987.

With 1,090 students on roll, John Paul College is a very large school — larger than about 95% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 415, 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 48 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 59.5%, with a meaningful Asian community at 29.4% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.28 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.