Takaro School

Takaro School is a co-educational full primary school in Palmerston North, within the Manawatū-Whanganui Region, operating in the state sector, with 200 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 534. The school has been open since 1957.

With 200 students on roll, Takaro School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 47% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 534, which is 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 71 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 35.6% and Pasifika at 32.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.08 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.