Mercury Bay Area School

Whitianga · Waikato Region

Composite · State · Co-Educational · Small urban area

Mercury Bay Area School at a glance

Mercury Bay Area School is a co-educational composite school in Whitianga, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 877 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 465. The school has been open since 1976.

With 877 students on roll, Mercury Bay Area School is a very large school — larger than about 93% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 465, which is close to the national average of 463. That means the roll faces a broadly typical level of socio-economic challenge compared with schools across Aotearoa.

83.7% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 8.3%.

On the isolation index the school scores 2.07 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.

Students by ethnicity

European 65783.7%

Pasifika 273.4%

Asian 658.3%

Middle Eastern / Latin American / African 91.1%

Other 30.4%

International 243.1%

European 657 · 83.7%

Pasifika 27 · 3.4%

Asian 65 · 8.3%

Middle Eastern / Latin American / African 9 · 1.1%

Other 3 · 0.4%

International 24 · 3.1%

Total roll recorded: 877 students. Percentages are calculated from the 2026 roll census and may not sum to exactly 100% because of rounding and students who decline to state an ethnicity.

Roll in context

877Students on rollLarger than 93% of NZ schools · national median 215.5

465Equity IndexAbove national mean of 463

0.65Diversity scoreHigher = more mixed roll (max 1.95)

2.07Isolation indexvery high isolation

344 · lowest need569 · highest need

School facts

School typeComposite
YearsComposite — wide year range
AuthorityState
GenderCo-Educational
SettingSmall urban area
Territorial authorityThames-Coromandel District
Education regionWaikato
Regional councilWaikato Region
Enrolment schemeNo — no enrolment scheme
BoardingDay school only
Language of instructionAll students taught in English/other setting
Cohort entryNo — individual entry
DonationsDonations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
Opened1976
Roll date2026 directory export
Statistical areaWhitianga South
WardMercury Bay Ward
General electorateCoromandel
Māori electorate—

Location

Waikato Region

Whitianga 36.8412° S · 175.6981° E

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About this data

School #110 is drawn from the New Zealand Ministry of Education school directory export dated 1 September 2026, with roll and ethnicity figures recorded at the same snapshot. Equity Index, isolation index, enrolment scheme and boarding fields are as published by the Ministry. Qualification attainment statistics on this site come from Education Counts releases.

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