Trident High School
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Whakatane
829 students on the roll · EQI 496 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 496. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 76 Arawa Road, Whakatane, 3120
- Roll: 829 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1973
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.15, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Phone: 07-3088159
- Email: pa@trident.school.nz
- Contact: Mikaere October
- Website: trident.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Trident High School, in force from 2002-12-17 · 697 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Allandale School, decile 2 · EQI 517 · 829 m
- St Joseph's Catholic School (Whakatane), decile 6 · EQI 430 · 1.2 km
- Whakatane S D A School, decile 4 · EQI 470 · 1.3 km
- Whakatane Intermediate, decile 4 · EQI 486 · 1.4 km
- James Street School, decile 2 · EQI 507 · 1.5 km
- Whakatane High School, decile 4 · EQI 475 · 1.5 km
- Apanui School, decile 5 · EQI 447 · 2.2 km
- Te Kura o Te Paroa, decile 2 · EQI 520 · 3.9 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 October 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Co-Educational.
829 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 496, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.