Wā Ora Montessori

Wā Ora Montessori is a co-educational composite school in Lower Hutt, within the Wellington Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 256 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 396. The school has been open since 1992.

With 256 students on roll, Wā Ora Montessori is a medium-sized school — larger than about 55% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 396, 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 67 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The largest group is European at 65.7%, with a meaningful Asian community at 23.2% — a mixed but clearly led roll.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.16 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.