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Te Kāpehu Whetū

Q: Is Te Kāpehu Whetū a good school?

Te Kāpehu Whetū scores 80/100 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.

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 Te Kāpehu Whetū?

Contact the school directly on 09-955 9996, or visit www.tkw.ac.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?

Te Kāpehu Whetū is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

Q: What is the roll size?

Te Kāpehu Whetū has 161 students, with an EQI of 529 (higher socio-economic need).

Q: When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

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

171 Lower Dent Street, Whangarei · Northland

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Total roll 161

EQI 529

Founded 2022

Composite score

Strong

Top 25% in NZ

Rank #420 of scored NZ schools

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Top 5% in NCEA Level 2 Top 10% in NCEA Level 1

State school Co-educational Composite (Years 1-13) EQI 529

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Is Te Kāpehu Whetū a good school?

Te Kāpehu Whetū scores 80/100 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.

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 Te Kāpehu Whetū, 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 100% · L2 100% · UE 67% · top 10% of band (n=142) · why?

Mean of latest NCEA Level 1 + Level 2 + UE achievement percentage from Education Counts. Year: 2024. Peer comparison: top 10% of band (n=142).

Outcomes

25%

no positive destinations reported

no positive destinations reported · 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. Year: 2025.

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Retention

15%

67% to Y13 · below band median (n=166) · 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=166).

Wellbeing

12%

standdowns 31.0/1k · suspensions 0.0/1k · exclusions 0.0/1k · near band median (n=539) · 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=539).

Trajectory

+11.8% roll over 2yr (2023→2025) · above band median (n=524) · why?

5-year change in total roll. −20% → 0 score, 0% → 50, +20% → 100. Source: Education Counts roll history. Year: 2025. Peer comparison: above band median (n=524).

ERO review

75/100 — national average (no ERO review in our dataset) · near band median (n=544) · 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=544).

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 2015 · Audit opinion: unmodified

Annual report

Total revenue

$2.94M

Surplus / (deficit)

+$266k

Net assets / equity

$3.32M

NCEA achievement

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

Education Counts

NCEA Level 1 · 2024

100.0%

6 of 6 leavers

+40.0pt vs prior year

NCEA Level 2 · 2024

100.0%

6 of 6 leavers

+40.0pt vs prior year

University Entrance · 2024

66.7%

4 of 6 leavers

+26.7pt 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

66.7%

2024 cohort · 6 students

+6.7pt 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

31.0

4 this year · NZ avg ~37

Suspensions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~5

Exclusions · 2024

0.0

· NZ avg ~1.5

Vocational Pathway Awards

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

Education Counts

Service Industries 1

Roll by year level

July 2025 roll return.

Education Counts

Year 01

14
Year 02

21
Year 03

9
Year 04

10
Year 05

8
Year 06

10
Year 07

12
Year 08

16
Year 09

20
Year 10

20
Year 11

11
Year 12

4
Year 13+

6

Roll by ethnicity

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

Education Counts

Māori

98.8%
European/Pākehā

9.3%
Pacific

6.8%
Other / MELAA

1.9%
Asian

0.6%

Location

171 Lower Dent Street, Whangarei. Nearby schools marked in grey.

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Frequently asked

Is Te Kāpehu Whetū 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 Te Kāpehu Whetū?

Contact the school directly on 09-955 9996, or visit www.tkw.ac.nz. For state schools, check your home address against the school's enrolment zone — some schools are in-zone-only.

What are the fees?

Te Kāpehu Whetū is a state school. There is no tuition fee for domestic students; voluntary donations may be requested.

What is the roll size?

Te Kāpehu Whetū has 161 students, with an EQI of 529 (higher socio-economic need).

When was the school last reviewed by ERO?

We don't have a published ERO review for Te Kāpehu Whetū 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 2015

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