Te Kāpehu Whetū

Te Kāpehu Whetū is a co-educational composite school in Whangarei, within the Northland Region, operating in the state sector, with 177 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 529. The school has been open since 2023.

With 177 students on roll, Te Kāpehu Whetū is a medium-sized school — larger than about 43% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 529, 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 66 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 54.5% and Pasifika at 39.4%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.58 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.