Data you can't get from a generic article
National school snapshot
These figures are computed from FernHub's school directory - the same records that power search, maps, and comparison. They update when we refresh our dataset; they are not a live Ministry feed.
- Schools listed
- 2,522
- Total roll (sum)
- 867,465
- Mean roll / school
- 344
- International (reported)
- 9,817
Schools by type (display)
| Label | Count |
|---|---|
| Primary School | 1,809 |
| Secondary School | 354 |
| Combined School | 208 |
| Intermediate School | 114 |
| Specialist School | 36 |
| Correspondence School | 1 |
Schools by authority
| Label | Count |
|---|---|
| State | 2,093 |
| State : Integrated | 332 |
| Private : Fully Registered | 77 |
| Charter School | 17 |
| Private : Provisionally Registered | 3 |
Equity Index (EQI)
Among schools with EQI published (2,441 schools), median 461, mean 461.2, range 344–569 (published values only).
Schools per EQI band
| Label | Count |
|---|---|
| Not published | 81 |
| Low disadvantage | 210 |
| Below average disadvantage | 675 |
| Average disadvantage | 807 |
| Above average disadvantage | 498 |
| High disadvantage | 251 |
Largest centres (by school count in dataset)
| Label | Count |
|---|---|
| Auckland | 445 |
| Christchurch | 136 |
| Wellington | 80 |
| Hamilton | 72 |
| Dunedin | 54 |
| Lower Hutt | 53 |
| Palmerston North | 44 |
| Tauranga | 40 |
| Whangarei | 39 |
| Rotorua | 38 |
| Napier | 37 |
| Hastings | 36 |
| Whanganui | 36 |
| Gisborne | 36 |
| Porirua | 36 |
| New Plymouth | 33 |
| Invercargill | 30 |
| Nelson | 26 |
Contact coverage (dataset)
Share of schools with a website or email string in our import - useful for understanding data completeness, not school quality.
- Website present93.6%
- Email present96.9%
Methodology
Aggregations are built in code at build time from the same JSON as the rest of FernHub. Rounding and banding can differ slightly from the Ministry's own dashboards; for authoritative totals use Education Counts.
Questions
- Is this a government dashboard?
- No. It is an independent roll-up of the public fields we publish. Use it for orientation, then confirm details on official sites.
- Will you add trends over time?
- Historical snapshots need stored time series - a possible future upgrade once FernHub keeps dated extracts.