Funding type State Years offered 9–13 School roll 659 (July 2016) Phone +64 6-368 8303 Founded February 1973 | Ministry of Education Institution no. 237 Gender Coeducational Socio-economic decile 2F Principal Mark Robinson | |
Opened February 1973 (February 1973) Similar Horowhe College, Manawatu College, Levin School, Fairfield School, Parapara College Profiles | ||
Waiopehu College is a state coeducational secondary school located in Levin, New Zealand. The school opened in February 1973 as Levin's second secondary school, after Horowhenua College struggled to cope with 1200 students. Serving Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), the school has a roll of 659 students as of July 2016.
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Demographics
At the September 2014 Education Review Office (ERO) review, Waiopehu College had 635 students enrolled. Forty-eight percent of students are male and 52 percent are female. Fifty-one percent of students identified as New Zealand European (Pākehā), 38 percent identified as Māori, eight percent as Samoan, three percent as another ethnicity.
Waiopehu College has a socio-economic decile of 2F (high-band decile 2), meaning it draws its school community from areas of moderately-high to high socioeconomic disadvantage when compared to other New Zealand schools.