St Michael's School (Taita)

St Michael's School (Taita) is a co-educational full primary school in Lower Hutt, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 133 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 476. The school has been open since 1950.

With 133 students on roll, St Michael's School (Taita) is a medium-sized school — larger than about 34% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 476, 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.

The largest group is Pasifika at 67.1%, with a meaningful Asian community at 17.1% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.17 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.