# Hastings Boys' High School

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Hastings

https://www.chch.live/school/227-hastings-boys-high-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 502

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- 800 South Karamu Road, Hastings, 4156
- Roll: 706 (October 2026)
- Boys School
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1904
- Isolation index 0.05, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 269 · Pacific 173 · Asian 72 · MELAA 12 · Other 1 · International 11
- Phone: 06-8730365
- Email: paoffice@hastingsboys.school.nz
- Contact: Mason Summerfield
- Website: http://www.hastingsboys.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Hastings Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/2570-hastings-intermediate), decile 3 · EQI 509
- [Akina School/ Activity Centre](https://www.chch.live/school/6119-akina-school-activity-centre), EQI 569
- [Kōwhai School](https://www.chch.live/school/2588-kowhai-school), decile 2 · EQI 517
- [Hastings Central School](https://www.chch.live/school/2569-hastings-central-school), decile 2 · EQI 522
- [Ebbett Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/2554-ebbett-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 533
- [St Joseph's School (Hastings)](https://www.chch.live/school/2677-st-joseph-s-school-hastings), decile 3 · EQI 418
- [St Matthew's Primary School (Hastings)](https://www.chch.live/school/1608-st-matthew-s-primary-school-hastings), decile 4 · EQI 436
- [Hastings Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/443-hastings-christian-school), decile 7 · EQI 428

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-39.650209&lon=176.834935

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Hastings Boys' High School?**

Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Boys School.

**How many students does Hastings Boys' High School have?**

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

**What is Hastings Boys' High School's Equity Index?**

EQI 502, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Hastings Boys' High School?**

800 South Karamu Road, , Hastings. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=227 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026