Pāpāmoa College is a state coeducational Year 7–13 secondary school located in the eastern suburbs of

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. The school opened in February 2011 as the city's fifth state secondary school, serving the growing Papamoa area. As of , the school has students from Years 7 to 13 (ages 11 to 18).

History

The Government purchased the Pāpāmoa College site in 1999. The school was

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by the Education Minister,

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, on 27 May 2009. Construction of the school began in October 2009, and cost $27.7 million. Pāpāmoa College opened for the first time in February 2011, initially taking only Year 7–9 students. The school was officially opened on 15 April 2011, with Minister Tolley, Tauranga mayor Stuart Crosby, and local MP

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in attendance. Additional school years opened as the 2011 Year 9 students moved through. The final year, Year 13, opened at the beginning of 2015.

Enrolment

At the July 2012

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(ERO) review of the school, Pāpāmoa College had 603 students enrolled. The school roll's gender composition was 51% male and 49% female, and its ethnic composition was 56%

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(Pākehā), 26%

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, 12% other

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, 3%

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, 2% other Asian, and 1% Pasifika. As of , Pāpāmoa College has an

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of , placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former

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system).

References

External links

School website

Education Review Office (ERO) reports
Educational institutions established in 2011 Secondary schools in the Bay of Plenty Region Schools in Tauranga 2011 establishments in New Zealand {{NewZealand-school-stub