Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui

Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui is a co-educational composite school in Opotiki, within the Bay of Plenty Region, operating in the state sector, with 192 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 542. The school has been open since 2016.

With 192 students on roll, Te Kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui is a medium-sized school — larger than about 46% 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 47.1% and Pasifika at 41.2%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 4.06 (very high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.