# Mt Aspiring College

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Wanaka

https://www.chch.live/school/533-mt-aspiring-college

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 10 · Current Equity Index: 412

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

## The record
- 101 Plantation Road, Wanaka, 9305
- Roll: 1,315 (September 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations may be requested
- Opened 1987
- Isolation index 3.28, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Boarding: Yes
- Setting: Medium urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 1165 · Māori 157 · Pacific 17 · Asian 115 · MELAA 30 · Other 22
- Phone: 03-4430499
- Email: learn@mtaspiring.school.nz
- Contact: Nicola Jacobsen
- Website: http://www.mtaspiring.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Wanaka Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1167-wanaka-primary-school), decile 10 · EQI 393
- [Holy Family School (Wanaka)](https://www.chch.live/school/557-holy-family-school-wanaka), decile 10 · EQI 387
- [Te Kura O Take Kārara](https://www.chch.live/school/747-te-kura-o-take-karara), EQI 405
- [Hāwea Flat School](https://www.chch.live/school/3747-hawea-flat-school), decile 10 · EQI 412
- [Tarras School](https://www.chch.live/school/3843-tarras-school), decile 6 · EQI 443
- [Arrowtown School](https://www.chch.live/school/3930-arrowtown-school), decile 10 · EQI 395
- [Goldfields School (Cromwell)](https://www.chch.live/school/3741-goldfields-school-cromwell), decile 8 · EQI 431
- [Cromwell College](https://www.chch.live/school/373-cromwell-college), decile 8 · EQI 445

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-44.68733&lon=169.136772

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Mt Aspiring College?**

Secondary (Year 7-15) · State · Co-Educational.

**How many students does Mt Aspiring College have?**

1,315 on the roll at September 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Mt Aspiring College's Equity Index?**

EQI 412, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 10.

**Where is Mt Aspiring College?**

101 Plantation Road, , Wanaka. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=533 · directory refreshed 3 October 2026