Te Kohanga School

Te Kohanga School is a co-educational contributing school in Tuakau, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 23 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 542. The school has been open since 1913.

With 23 students on roll, Te Kohanga School is a very small school — larger than about 7% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 542, 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 79 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 45.5% and Pasifika at 36.4%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.63 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.