Papakura Intermediate

Papakura Intermediate is a co-educational intermediate school in Papakura, within the Auckland Region, operating in the state sector, with 315 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 542. The school has been open since 1962.

With 315 students on roll, Papakura Intermediate is a large school — larger than about 63% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 542, 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 79 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is Pasifika at 64%, with a meaningful European community at 16.7% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.4 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.