Whakatane High School
| Whakatane High School | |
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| Location | |
| Goulstone Road Whakatane 3120 New Zealand |
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| Coordinates | 37°57′44″S 176°59′07″E / 37.9621°S 176.9854°ECoordinates: 37°57′44″S 176°59′07″E / 37.9621°S 176.9854°E |
| Information | |
| Funding type | State |
| Motto | Kia Whakatane Ahau |
| Opened | 1920 (As Whakatane District High School) |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 144 |
| Years offered | 9–13 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Number of students | 816 |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 hours (including form time) |
| Houses | Kauri, Rimu, Totara, Matai |
| Colour(s) | Black, Gold |
| Slogan | Challenging Students to Achieve |
| School roll | 859(February 2017) |
| Socio-economic decile | 4K |
| Website | whakatanehigh |
Whakatane High School is a secondary school located in the town of Whakatane, New Zealand. As of 2014, the school has a roll of 816 students.
The school consists of a field, gymnasium (a separate gymnastics building operated by the local Gymnastics Club lies next to it), school & student office, Careers Centre, the Barclay Hall, a library (named in November 2011 after New Zealand author Margaret Mahy, who went to Whakatane High School for a period of time), and numerous buildings split into blocks including: N block (Mainly used for Math, and ICT), T Block (Mainly used for Technology), B Block (Mainly for English, Social Studies and related subjects), A block (Multiple subjects including Languages and Health), and C Block (Mainly for art and related subjects).
As of 2014, the school has 816 students. Of this, 52% are female, and 48% male. Also, 53% are Maori, 35% are New Zealand European and 12% are of another ethnicity. The school had 27 international students staying at the school.
There are four houses in which the students are split into:
Each house is named after a tree that is native to New Zealand.
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