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Huapai District School

40 Station Road, Huapai · Auckland — North

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Total roll 547
EQI 406
Founded 1919
77

Composite score

Established

B+

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #607 of scored NZ schools

In summary

Huapai District School's October 2024 ERO review found strong school leadership fostering a collaborative culture committed to improving student achievement. Most students achieve at expected curriculum levels in reading and mathematics, with a majority in writing; data shows improving parity for boys in writing and gains for Māori and Pacific learners. The school has established schoolwide systems and uses high-quality data to evaluate teaching effectiveness.

Best suited for

Students aged 5-11 in Huapai looking for a state-funded setting with an established ERO profile.

Is Huapai District School a good school?

Huapai District School scores 77/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Strengths from the latest ERO report

  • School has completed an annual self-review of its implementation of the Code

Summary derived from ERO reports + audited financials + MoE records. Every claim links to its source — see data transparency at the bottom of this page.

Score breakdown

6 axes, each scored 0–100 on a national absolute scale. As at 2025.

How this is computed
Wellbeing
35%
standdowns 6.6/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near band median (n=536) · why?
Composite of stand-downs, suspensions, and exclusions per 1,000 students (lower is better). Formula: standdowns/1k + 2× suspensions/1k + 5× exclusions/1k. Small primary schools with no rows score top of band ("no incidents reported"). Source: Education Counts student engagement. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: near band median (n=536).
93
Trajectory
25%
+11.5% roll over 5yr (2020→2025) · top quartile of band (n=534) · why?
5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: top quartile of band (n=534).
64
ERO review
40%
71/100 from ERO review 2024-10 · bottom quartile of band (n=539) · why?
Composite score from the most recent Education Review Office report (Haiku-extracted 0–100 from the published review text). For primary schools this is the heaviest axis (40%) because NCEA-style outcomes data isn't applicable. Source: ERO via Wayback archive. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: bottom quartile of band (n=539).
71

⚠ Insufficient EQI-band peers (n<10) to compute per-axis percentile context. The score above is absolute; treat it as a single-school read rather than a peer comparison.

Real ERO composite (from the latest review): 71/100.

Latest ERO review

2024-10-11 · Shelley Booysen, ERO

ERO report
  • The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021
  • The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code
  • The school has completed an annual self-review of its implementation of the Code
  • At the time of this review there were no International Students attending the school
"The school has attested that it complies with all aspects of the Code and has completed an annual self-review of its implementation of the Code."
— ERO, 2024-10-11 (governance)

Composite score across reviews

2 ERO reviews on file, 2022–2024. Click a point to read that review.

latest 71
0 25 50 75 100 20222024 2022-08-22 · 85/100 2024-10-11 · 71/100

Audited financials

Year ended 2024 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$5.79M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$2k

Net assets / equity

$0.77M

3 years of audited data on file · View full history (Pro)

Discipline (age-standardised, per 1,000 students)

Stand-down = sent home temporarily. Suspension = formal investigation. Exclusion = removed from school. National averages shown for comparison.

Education Counts

Stand-downs · 2024

6.6

2 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Government funding

Crown funding only (school operations + teacher salaries + property). Excludes locally-raised funds, international fees and trading income — those are in the audited financial report above.

Education Counts

Total Crown funding · 2022

$3.22M

Per-student funding · 2022

$5,893

2018

$2.9M

2019

$3.5M

2020

$4.0M

2021

$3.6M

2022

$3.2M

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts
  • Year 01
    93
  • Year 02
    55
  • Year 03
    74
  • Year 04
    63
  • Year 05
    57
  • Year 06
    59
  • Year 07
    54
  • Year 08
    68

Roll by ethnicity

Share of total roll. Students who identify with multiple ethnicities are counted once.

Education Counts
  • European/Pākehā
    65.8%
  • Asian
    29.3%
  • Māori
    15.4%
  • Pacific
    9.5%
  • Other / MELAA
    4.6%

Location

40 Station Road, Huapai. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Huapai District School a good school?

Huapai District School scores 77/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Top 25% in NZ nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

What does the latest ERO review say?

ERO's 2024-10 review identified 4 key findings. The school is a signatory to the Education (Pastoral Care of Tertiary and International Learners) Code of Practice 2021

How do I enrol my child at Huapai District School?

Contact the school directly on 09-4125042, email office@hds.school.nz, or visit www.huapaidistrict.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Huapai District School is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Huapai District School has 547 students, with an EQI of 406 (lower socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

The Education Review Office last reviewed Huapai District School in 2024-10, signed by Shelley Booysen. 5 ERO reports are on file in our archive.

Data transparency

Every fact on this page links to its source. We never publish a claim without provenance — read our methodology for the full rules.

Last updated

31 Dec 2024

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