St Patrick's School (Nightcaps)

St Patrick's School (Nightcaps) is a co-educational full primary school in Nightcaps, within the Southland Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 13 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 544. The school has been open since 1917.

With 13 students on roll, St Patrick's School (Nightcaps) is a very small school — larger than about 4% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 544, which is well 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 81 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 40% and Asian at 33.3%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.95 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.