Forest View High School is a

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co-educational secondary school located on the western outskirts of

Tokoroa Tokoroa is the fourth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato District. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua and 20 km south of Putāruru, close to the foot of th ...

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. It opened in 1974 and serves students in years 9 to 13. It is one of two secondary schools at Tokoroa, the other being

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. Like many New Zealand state secondary schools of 1970s construction, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with concrete block walls, low-pitched roofs and internal open courtyards.

Enrolment

As of , Forest View High School has a roll of students, of which (%) identify as Māori. As of , the school has an

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of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former

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system).

Notable alumni

* Tim Armstrong – notable New Zealand musician

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was a founding pupil in 1974 *

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– Australian Sevens squad 2009 *

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; Waikato N.P.C Cap #964: 1999, 2001–05, 52 games; Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby *

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, Australian Schoolboys Rugby Team 2002 * Ian Foster – current All Blacks coach, Waikato Rugby team *

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(born 2 June 1971) – Auxiliary Bishop of the

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was Deputy Head Boy in 1989. * Jasin Goldsmith – All Blacks #893 (1988); Waikato N.P.C Cap #847: 1987–88, 24 games *

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and

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representative rugby league player *

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– All Blacks #1076 2008–11; Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby 2007–11; Waikato N.P.C Cap #1018: 2004–06, 2008–11, 36 games * James Kamana – New Zealand Sevens Squad 2008, Waikato Chiefs Super Rugby 2007–08; Waikato N.P.C Cap #1050: 2007–08, 13 games * Monique Williams – New Zealand's fastest female sprinter, Australian 100 and 200m National champion (2007)

References

External links

School website
Secondary schools in Waikato Educational institutions established in 1974 New Zealand secondary schools of S68 plan construction Tokoroa {{NewZealand-school-stub