Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere

Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere is a co-educational composite school in Putaruru, within the Waikato Region, operating in the state sector, with 290 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 523. The school has been open since 2006.

With 290 students on roll, Te Wharekura o Te Kaokaoroa o Patetere is a medium-sized school — larger than about 60% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 523, 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 60 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 46.2% and Pasifika at 40.7%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.91 (high isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.