Putāruru College

Putāruru College is a co-educational secondary (year 7-15) school in Putaruru, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 397 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 518. The school has been open since 2004.

With 397 students on roll, Putāruru College is a large school — larger than about 73% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 518, 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 55 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

82.6% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 10.3%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.89 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.