Secondary (Year 7-15) · State

Māruawai College

Q: Is Māruawai College a good school?

Māruawai College scores 58/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

Q: What does the latest ERO review say?

We don't have a published ERO review on file yet. Check the ERO website directly.

Q: How do I enrol my child at Māruawai College?

Contact the school directly on 03-2089130, email seniorcampus@maruawai.school.nz, or visit www.maruawai.school.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

Q: What are the fees?

Māruawai College is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

Q: What is the roll size?

Māruawai College has 618 students, with an EQI of 494 (mid-range socio-economic context).

Q: When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

We don't have a published ERO review for Māruawai College in our archive yet. The Education Review Office reviews most schools on a 3-4 year cycle.

28 Coutts Road, Gore · Otago & Southland

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Total roll 618

EQI 494

Founded 2023

Composite score

Developing

C+

Below median

Rank #1,696 of scored NZ schools

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Accepts international students (SIEBA member) SIEBA member Deficit in 2023 Holidays Act compliance disclosure State school Co-educational Secondary school (Secondary (Year 7-15)) EQI 494

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Students aged 13-18 in Gore looking for a state-funded setting.

Is Māruawai College a good school?

Māruawai College scores 58/100 on the SchoolsNearMe composite — a weighted average of 5 axes (academic, outcomes, retention, wellbeing, trajectory). Below median nationally. The full breakdown is below; every input links to its source.

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

ERO review not in our dataset

We don't yet have a parsed ERO composite for Māruawai College, so the ERO axis below uses the national-average ERO score (75/100) as a placeholder. The composite shown above incorporates that estimate. When we ingest a real ERO review for this school, the score will refresh and may move materially in either direction.

If you've spotted a recent ERO report we've missed, let us know — every flagged report gets re-ingested on the next refresh.

Academic

35%

L1 81% · L2 73% · UE 49% · near band median (n=109) · why?

Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: near band median (n=109).

Outcomes

25%

no destinations data

no destinations data · why?

Share of leavers going to a New Zealand university + Te Pūkenga + Industry Training (capped at 100%). Counts are normalised when EC publishes raw cohort sizes instead of percentages. Source: Education Counts post-school destinations.

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Retention

15%

73% to Y13 · below band median (n=115) · why?

Percentage of the Y9 cohort still enrolled in Y13 (all students). Source: Education Counts retention table. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: below band median (n=115).

Wellbeing

12%

standdowns 46.0/1k · suspensions 14.4/1k · exclusions 6.0/1k · below band median (n=468) · 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: below band median (n=468).

Trajectory

+1.1% roll over 1yr (2024→2025) · near band median (n=469) · why?

5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: near band median (n=469).

ERO review

75/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · near band median (n=471) · why?

Synthetic placeholder. We don't yet have an ERO composite for this school in our dataset, so this axis uses the national-average ERO score (75/100) as a placeholder. The composite incorporates this estimate. When a real review is ingested it will replace the placeholder and the score may move materially. Peer comparison: near band median (n=471).

est

⚠ 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.

Audited financials

Year ended 2023 · Audit opinion: n/a

Annual report

Total revenue

$6.97M

Surplus / (deficit)

$143k

Net assets / equity

$2.06M

NCEA achievement

School leavers with NCEA at each level. National average is ~85% (Level 1).

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

80.5%

62 of 77 leavers

+80.5pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

72.7%

56 of 77 leavers

+72.7pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

49.4%

38 of 77 leavers

+49.4pt vs prior year

Data: Ministry of Education / Education Counts, CC-BY-4.0

Stay-on rate

Percentage of students who stay at school until at least their 17th birthday — the standard NZ proxy for Year-9-to-Year-13 retention.

Education Counts

72.7%

2024 cohort · 77 students

+72.7pt vs 2023

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

46.0

48 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

14.4

17 this year · NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

6.0

6 this year · NZ avg ~1.5

Vocational Pathway Awards

School leavers achieving Vocational Pathway Awards by industry sector (2024).

Education Counts

Service Industries 10
Creative Industries 1

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts

Year 07

91
Year 08

104
Year 09

95
Year 10

92
Year 11

105
Year 12

95
Year 13+

74

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts

European/Pākehā

77.7%
Māori

19.3%
Asian

7.0%
Pacific

4.7%
Other / MELAA

1.9%

International students

SIEBA member · Day school only

Location

28 Coutts Road, Gore. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Māruawai College a good school?

What does the latest ERO review say?

We don't have a published ERO review on file yet. Check the ERO website directly.

How do I enrol my child at Māruawai College?

Contact the school directly on 03-2089130, email seniorcampus@maruawai.school.nz, or visit www.maruawai.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?

Māruawai College is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Māruawai College has 618 students, with an EQI of 494 (mid-range socio-economic context).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

We don't have a published ERO review for Māruawai College in our archive yet. The Education Review Office reviews most schools on a 3-4 year cycle.

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 2023

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