St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga)

St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga) is a co-educational contributing school in Tauranga, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 474 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 385. The school has been open since 1942.

With 474 students on roll, St Mary's Catholic School (Tauranga) is a large school — larger than about 79% 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.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 53.4% and Asian at 38.2%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.13 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.