Papatoetoe High School | |
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Address | |
19 Nicholson Avenue Papatoetoe Auckland 2025 New Zealand | |
Coordinates | 36°58′30″S 174°52′21″E / 36.97500°S 174.87250°E |
Information | |
Type | State co-ed secondary (Year 9–13) |
Motto | Digne Lampada Tradas ("worthy to hand on the torch") |
Established | 1956 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 95 |
Principal | Vaughan Couillault |
Staff | 120 |
School roll | 1447[1] (April 2023) |
Socio-economic decile | 3 |
Website | papatoetoehigh.school.nz |
Papatoetoe High School (PHS) is a secondary school (years 9–13) in Papatoetoe suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
Papatoetoe High School was established in 1956.
In February 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, cases of COVID-19 associated with a family whose daughter attended Papatoetoe High School led to increased lockdowns in the Auckland Region for several weeks.[2][3]
At the September 2018 Education Review Office (ERO) review of the school, Papatoetoe High School had 1396 students enrolled. 52% of students were male and 48% were female. The prioritised ethnic composition was 37% Indian, 16% Māori, 13% Samoan, 7% Tongan, 9% South East Asian, 5% Chinese, 4% Cook Islands Maori, 3% other Pacific peoples, 3% New Zealand European, and 3% other ethnic groups.[4]
Main category: People educated at Papatoetoe High School |