Rata Street School

Rata Street School is a co-educational contributing school in Lower Hutt, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 326 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 507. The school has been open since 1950.

With 326 students on roll, Rata Street School is a large school — larger than about 64% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 507, 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 44 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 41.8% and Pasifika at 33.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.14 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.