Waiopehu College
| Waiopehu College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
|
74 Bartholomew Road Levin 5510 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 40°37′49″S 175°17′46″E / 40.63038°S 175.29621°ECoordinates: 40°37′49″S 175°17′46″E / 40.63038°S 175.29621°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | State |
| Opened | February 1973 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 237 |
| Principal | Mark Robinson |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| School roll | 659[1] (July 2016) |
| Socio-economic decile | 2F[2] |
| Website |
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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.[3] Serving Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), the school has a roll of 659 students as of July 2016.[1]
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.[4]
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.[2]
Notable alumni
- Carlos Spencer, rugby union player and coach, All Black (1995–2004).[5]
References
- 1 2 "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- 1 2 "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ Swarbrick, Nancy (16 November 2012). "First day at Waiopehu College - Numbers and types of schools - Primary and secondary education". Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ↑ "Waiopehu College Education Review". Education Review Office. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ↑ "Houston could follow same track as Carlos Spencer". The New Zealand Herald. 16 September 2005. Retrieved 16 November 2011.