Auckland is the most populous region of New Zealand. It contains a few small rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and a large number of city schools.
In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in
Year 1 at the age of five.
Year 13 is the final year of secondary education. Years 14 and 15 refer to adult education facilities.
State schools are those fully funded by the government and at which no fees can be charged, although a
donation is commonly requested. A state integrated school is a state school with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief. A
private school charges fees to its students.
The
decile indicates the socio-economic group that the school catchment area falls into. A rating of 1 indicates a poor area; a rating of 10 a well-off one. The decile ratings used here come from the
Ministry of Education Te Kete Ipurangi website and from the decile change spreadsheet listed in the references. The deciles were last revised using information from the 2006 Census. The Ministry of Education institution number <!--, given in the last...
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