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Whangaparāoa College
Whangaparāoa College is a co-educational state secondary school on the Hibiscus Coast of New Zealand. The school has a roll of 1803[2] students from Years 7 to 13 (as of August 2024), including international students. HistoryPrior to the opening of Whangaparāoa College, Orewa College was the sole secondary school operating on the Hibiscus Coast.[4] Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School operated on the site now occupied by Whangaparāoa College. [5] Announced in 2003,[4] and initially named Stanmore Bay Secondary School,[6] Whangaparāoa College opened on 28 January 2005[5] absorbing Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School.[5] Brian O'Connell served as founding principal until 2012.[7] As one of serveral modern high schools to open in the early 2000s alongside Botany Downs Secondary College and Alfriston College,[8] the school's facilities and technology used are leaders in the New Zealand education system,[8] being only the third new high school to open since 1981.[9] Whangaparāoa College positions itself as an environmentally aware site. [10] Following O'Connell's departure, James Thomas served as principal from 2012.[11] In mid-2021, Steve McCracken took over as principal.[12] DemographicsAt the school's latest Education Review Office review in 2016,[13] Whangaparāoa College had 1285 students enrolled. Fifty-two percent of students were female and forty-eight percent were male. Seventy-eight percent of students identified as European New Zealanders (Pākehā), ten percent as Māori, four percent as Asian, two percent as Pasifika, and six percent as another ethnicity.[13] Whangaparāoa College has an equity index rating of 446[14], and a socioeconomic decile 9[15] (step Q), meaning it draws its school community from areas of high socioeconomic status when compared to other New Zealand schools. Notes
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