Thorndon School

Thorndon School is a co-educational full primary school in Wellington, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state sector, with 278 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 362. The school has been open since 1858.

With 278 students on roll, Thorndon School is a medium-sized school — larger than about 58% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 362, which is well below the national average of 463. A lower Equity Index signals less socio-economic need in the school's community than the national norm. The gap of 101 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with Asian at 48.1% and European at 32.6%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.06 (very low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.