Waiopehu College
| Waiopehu College | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
| 74 Bartholomew Road Levin 5510 New Zealand |
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| 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 | 644(July 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 2F |
| Website | www |
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. Serving Years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18), the school has a roll of 644 students as of July 2017.
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.
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.
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