Pekapekarau School

Pekapekarau School is a co-educational contributing school in Te Awamutu, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 320 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 493. The school has been open since 1958.

With 320 students on roll, Pekapekarau School is a large school — larger than about 63% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 493, 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.

86% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 7.8%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.43 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.