Rai Valley Area School

Rai Valley Area School is a co-educational composite school in Rai Valley, within the Marlborough Region, operating in the state sector, with 109 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 490. The school has been open since 1939.

With 109 students on roll, Rai Valley Area School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 28% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 490, 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.

94.4% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Middle Eastern / Latin American / African descent make up 1.9%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.92 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.