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Patricia Avenue School

Specialist School · State · Hamilton East, Hamilton

209 students on the roll in Hamilton East · EQI 500.

Its rating

Final decile (2022): 4. Current Equity Index: 500. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.

The record

  • 20 Patricia Avenue, Hamilton East, Hamilton, 3240
  • Roll: 209 (October 2026)
  • Co-Educational
  • Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
  • Opened 1965
  • Isolation index 0.09, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
  • Phone: 07-8569350
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Contact: Andrea Neil
  • Website: patave.school.nz

Who the roll is

European 115 · 55%
Pacific 24 · 11%
Asian 20 · 10%
MELAA 14 · 7%

Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.

Other schools near here

Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

What kind of school is Patricia Avenue School?

Specialist School · State · Co-Educational, in Hamilton East.

How many students does Patricia Avenue School have?

209 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

What is Patricia Avenue School's Equity Index?

EQI 500, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

Where is Patricia Avenue School?

20 Patricia Avenue, Hamilton East, Hamilton. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.