Kawhia School

Kawhia School is a co-educational full primary school in Kawhia, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 58 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 556. The school has been open since 1895.

With 58 students on roll, Kawhia School is a small school — larger than about 17% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 556, which is well 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 93 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 53.3% and Pasifika at 26.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.56 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.