Waatea School

Waatea School is a co-educational full primary school in Auckland, within the Auckland Region, operating in the state : integrated sector, with 72 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 564. The school has been open since 2019.

With 72 students on roll, Waatea School is a small school — larger than about 20% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 564, 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 101 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

88.1% of students identify as Pasifika, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of European descent make up 7.1%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.22 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.