Rotorua S D A School

Rotorua S D A School is a co-educational full primary school in Rotorua, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 45 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 508. The school has been open since 1954.

With 45 students on roll, Rotorua S D A School is a very small school — larger than about 14% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 508, 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 45 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Pasifika at 48.4% and Asian at 32.3%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.28 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.