Waitakere College
Secondary (Year 9-15) · State · Henderson, Auckland
1,957 students on the roll in Henderson · EQI 480 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3. Current Equity Index: 480. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 42 Rathgar Road, Henderson, Auckland, 0650
- Roll: 1,957 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1975
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.24, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Instruction: Some students taught in te reo Māori
- Phone: 09-8367890
- Email: secretary@waitakerecollege.school.nz
- Contact: Mark Shanahan
- Website: waitakerecollege.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
- Waitakere College, in force from 2004-02-02 · 116 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
- St Dominic's Catholic College (Henderson), decile 5 · EQI 423 · 199 m
- Liston College, decile 5 · EQI 414 · 246 m
- Henderson North School, decile 3 · EQI 477 · 579 m
- Henderson Intermediate, decile 3 · EQI 485 · 651 m
- Pomaria Road School, decile 3 · EQI 487 · 808 m
- North West College, EQI 394 · 950 m
- Summerland Primary, decile 5 · EQI 394 · 1.2 km
- ACG Sunderland, private, not rated · 1.2 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, in Henderson.
1,957 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 480, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.