Tapu School

Tapu School is a co-educational full primary school in Thames, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 6 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 521. The school has been open since 1872.

With 6 students on roll, Tapu School is a very small school — larger than about 3% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 521, 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 58 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 50% and Asian at 33.3%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 1.52 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.