St Peter's School (Cambridge)

Cambridge · Waikato Region

Secondary (Year 7-15) · Private : Fully Registered · Co-Educational · Medium urban area · Boarding

St Peter's School (Cambridge) at a glance

St Peter's School (Cambridge) is a co-educational secondary (year 7-15) school in Cambridge, within the Waikato Region, operating in the private : fully registered sector, with 1,223 students on roll. The school has been open since 1936.

With 1,223 students on roll, St Peter's School (Cambridge) is a very large school — larger than about 96% of New Zealand schools.

No Equity Index value has been published for this school.

The largest group is European at 74.5%, with a meaningful Asian community at 18.5% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.

Students by ethnicity

European 95474.5%

Pasifika 100.8%

Asian 23718.5%

Middle Eastern / Latin American / African 171.3%

Other 50.4%

International 574.5%

European 954 · 74.5%

Pasifika 10 · 0.8%

Asian 237 · 18.5%

Middle Eastern / Latin American / African 17 · 1.3%

Other 5 · 0.4%

International 57 · 4.5%

Total roll recorded: 1,223 students. Percentages are calculated from the 2026 roll census and may not sum to exactly 100% because of rounding and students who decline to state an ethnicity.

Roll in context

1,223Students on rollLarger than 96% of NZ schools · national median 215.5

—Equity IndexNot published

0.79Diversity scoreHigher = more mixed roll (max 1.95)

0Isolation indexvery low isolation

School facts

School typeSecondary (Year 7-15)
YearsYears 7–15
AuthorityPrivate : Fully Registered
GenderCo-Educational
SettingMedium urban area
Territorial authorityWaipa District
Education regionWaikato
Regional councilWaikato Region
Enrolment schemeNo — no enrolment scheme
BoardingBoarding available
Language of instructionAll students taught in English/other setting
Cohort entryNo — individual entry
DonationsNot applicable
Opened1936
Roll date2026 directory export
Statistical areaHautapu
WardCambridge General Ward
General electorateTaupō
Māori electorate—

Location

Waikato Region

Cambridge 37.8906° S · 175.4289° E

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Nearby schools

Cambridge Middle SchoolCambridge · Restricted Composite (Year 7-10) 3 km Hautapu SchoolCambridge · Full Primary 3.4 km Cambridge SchoolCambridge · Contributing 3.5 km Kaipaki SchoolOhaupo · Full Primary 3.8 km Cambridge East SchoolCambridge · Contributing 3.8 km St Peter's Catholic School (Cambridge)Cambridge · Full Primary 3.8 km

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About this data

School #141 is drawn from the New Zealand Ministry of Education school directory export dated 1 September 2026, with roll and ethnicity figures recorded at the same snapshot. Equity Index, isolation index, enrolment scheme and boarding fields are as published by the Ministry. Qualification attainment statistics on this site come from Education Counts releases.

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