Naenae School

Naenae School is a co-educational contributing school in Lower Hutt, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 361 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 529. The school has been open since 1946.

With 361 students on roll, Naenae School is a large school — larger than about 69% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 529, which is 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 66 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Pasifika at 54.4% and European at 32.5%. 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.