Waitakere School

Waitakere School is a co-educational full primary school in Auckland, within the Auckland Region, operating in the state sector, with 420 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 419. The school has been open since 1921.

With 420 students on roll, Waitakere School is a large school — larger than about 75% of New Zealand schools. Its rural setting typically means smaller class groups and a close-knit community feel.

The school's Equity Index is 419, 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 44 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

79.6% of students identify as European, so the school has a strongly homogeneous roll. Students of Asian descent make up 10%.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.43 (moderate isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.