Whītau School

Whītau School is a co-educational contributing school in Christchurch, within the Canterbury Region, operating in the state sector, with 314 students on roll, and an Equity Index of 513. The school has been open since 1908.

With 314 students on roll, Whītau School is a large school — larger than about 62% of New Zealand schools.

The school's Equity Index is 513, 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 50 points is substantial enough to matter when comparing schools.

The roll is genuinely diverse: no single ethnic group dominates, with European at 53% and Pasifika at 26.2%. Diversity of this kind is common in urban New Zealand schools.

On the isolation index the school scores 0.11 (low isolation) — this measures how far students travel and how accessible the school is, not how good it is.