Manawatū-Whanganui is a region in the North Island of New Zealand. It contains numerous small rural primary schools, some small town primary and secondary schools, and city schools in the

Wanganui Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a list of cities in New Zealand, city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest nav ...

and

Palmerston North Palmerston North (; , colloquially known as Palmerston or Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatū Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manaw ...

areas. In New Zealand schools, students begin formal education in Year 1 at the age of five.

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is the final year of secondary education. Years 14 and 15 refer to adult education facilities.

State school A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-f ...

s are those fully funded by the government and at which no fees for tuition of domestic students (i.e. New Zealand citizens and permanent residents, and Australian citizens) can be charged, although a

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is commonly requested. A state integrated school is a former private school with a special character based on a religious or philosophical belief that has been integrated into the state system. State integrated schools charge "attendance dues" to cover the building and maintenance of school buildings, which are not owned by the government, but otherwise they like state schools cannot charge fees for tuition of domestic students but may request a donation.

Private school A private school or independent school is a school not administered or funded by the government, unlike a State school, public school. Private schools are schools that are not dependent upon national or local government to finance their fina ...

s charge fees to its students for tuition, as do state and state integrated schools for tuition of international students. The

socioeconomic decile In the New Zealand education system, decile was a key measure of socioeconomic status used to target funding and support schools. In academic contexts the full term "socioeconomic decile" or "socioeconomic decile band" was used. A school's decil ...

indicates the

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of the school's catchment area. A decile of 1 indicates the school draws from a poor area; a decile of 10 indicates the school draws from a well-off area. The decile ratings used here come from the

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''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 roll of each school changes frequently as students start school for the first time, move between schools, and graduate. The rolls given here are those provided by the Ministry of Education are based on figures from November 2012. The Ministry of Education institution number links to the ''Education Counts'' page for each school.

Ruapehu District

All schools in the Ruapehu district are coeducational. Ongarue School

Closed schools

Kakahi School closed in April 2016 after 106 years. Kirikau School closed in 2013 after 85 years.

Whanganui District

Closed schools

Aramoho School closed at the end of 2016 after 143 years.

Rangitikei District

Manawatū District

Palmerston North City

Closed schools

*Linton Country School, 1889 to 2023

Tararua District

Closed schools

*Waitahora School 1903–2002 *Motea School 1916–2002 *Awariki School (opened 1904), Ormondville School (opened 1878), and Matamau#School, Matamau School (opened 1887) merged into Norsewood School in 2003. *Kohinui School, Kohinui, closed in January 2008 and merged with Kumeroa-Hopelands School. * Tiraumea School, closed January 2012. *Wimbledon School,

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. *

Ākitio Ākitio is a coastal community in the Tararua District of the lower east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The Ākitio River runs for approximately 35 kilometres in a southeast by northwest direction, leading to the town of Weber, ...

school, closed on 27 Jan 2014. Reunion held on 25–28 March 2016. *Mangamairei country school, closed in mid 2015. A 130th reunion was held at the school. *Hillcrest School, closed in April 2019 due to its low roll. * Papatawa School, 1887–2023.

Horowhenua District

Notes

References

Te Kete Ipurangi
Ministry of Education website
ERO school and early childhood education reports
Education Review Office
Decile change 2007 to 2008 for state & state integrated schools
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manawatū-Whanganui Lists of schools in New Zealand