Porirua School

Porirua School is a co-educational contributing school in Porirua, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 141 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 509. The school has been open since 1863.

With 141 students on roll, Porirua School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 36% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 509, 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 46 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Pasifika at 47.8% and European at 37.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.03 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.