Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier)

Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier) is a co-educational full primary school in Napier, within the Hawke's Bay Region, operating in the state sector, with 126 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 562. The school has been open since 1958.

With 126 students on roll, Maraenui Bilingual School (Napier) is a medium-sized school — larger than about 31% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 562, 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 99 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 53.8% and Pasifika at 38.5%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.11 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.