# Dargaville High School

**Type:** Secondary (Year 9-15) (State)  
**Gender:** Co-Educational  
**Address:** Plunket Street, Dargaville  
**Region:** Tai Tokerau  
**Total roll:** 361  
**Equity Index (EQI):** 515  
**Founded:** 1921  
**Website:** <http://www.dargavillehighschool.co.nz>  

## Latest ERO review (2022-11-08)

**Author:** n/a, ERO  
**Source:** <https://www.ero.govt.nz/institution/19/dargaville-high-school#report-25873>

### Key findings
- The senior leadership team is stable and cohesive, with a focus on continuous improvement and a shared understanding of the school's vision
- The school is strengthening ākonga wellbeing through working holistically and collaboratively with whānau, external agencies and the wider community
- Strategies to increase ākonga progress and achievement are increasingly effective as a result of closer monitoring and regular evaluation of impact on learning
- Approximately half of the students are of Māori heritage who predominantly whakapapa to local hapū and Ngāti Whatua iwi
- The school has four different senior trades academies and a vertical Kaupapa Māori class, plus Tutamoe as a supported learning environment for students with diverse needs

### Verbatim quotes from ERO
> _"the senior leadership team is stable and cohesive, with a focus on continuous improvement and a shared understanding of the school's vision"_ — ERO, 2022-11-08 (leadership)

> _"the school is strengthening ākonga wellbeing through working holistically and collaboratively with whānau, external agencies and the wider community"_ — ERO, 2022-11-08 (wellbeing)

> _"Approximately half of the students are of Māori heritage who predominantly whakapapa to local hapū and Ngāti Whatua iwi"_ — ERO, 2022-11-08 (maori)

## Tags

`state_school` · `coeducational` · `secondary_school` · `eqi_above_average_need`

## Machine-readable siblings

- JSON: <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/dargaville-high-school/facts.json>
- ERO history (markdown): <https://schoolsnearme.co.nz/api/school/dargaville-high-school/ero-history.md>

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