Karori Normal School

Karori Normal School is a co-educational full primary school in Wellington, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 614 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 354. The school has been open since 1858.

With 614 students on roll, Karori Normal School is a large school — larger than about 87% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 354, 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 109 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 65%, with a meaningful Asian community at 26% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.16 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.