St John Bosco School (New Plymouth)

St John Bosco School (New Plymouth) is a co-educational contributing school in New Plymouth, within the Taranaki Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 268 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 385. The school has been open since 1942.

With 268 students on roll, St John Bosco School (New Plymouth) is a medium-sized school — larger than about 57% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 385, which is well below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm. The gap of 78 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

82.7% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 10.6%.

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.