Forest View High School, Tokoroa

Forest View High School
Location
Baird Road, Tokoroa

38°13′11″S 175°50′34″E / 38.2198°S 175.8427°E / -38.2198; 175.8427
Information
TypeState co-ed secondary, years 9–13
MottoMāori: Kia Kaha! Kia Toa! Kia Manawanui!
Courage Knows No Defeat!
Established1974; 52 years ago
Ministry of Education Institution no.
159
Principal
Andrew Bramston
Enrollment425 (July 2026)
Socio-economic decile
2F
Websiteforestviewhigh.school.nz

Forest View High School is a state co-educational secondary school located on the western outskirts of Tokoroa, New Zealand. It opened in 1974 and serves students in years 9 to 13. It is one of two secondary schools at Tokoroa, the other being Tokoroa High School. Like many New Zealand state secondary schools of 1970s construction, the school was built to the S68 design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with concrete block walls, low-pitched roofs and internal open courtyards.

Enrolment

As of July 2026, Forest View High School has a roll of 425 students, of which 244 (57.4%) identify as Māori.

As of 2026, the school has an Equity Index of 517, placing it amongst schools whose students have many socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 under the former socio-economic decile system).

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Charter" (PDF). Forest View High School. 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  2. 1 2 "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Standard School Building Types" (PDF). Christchurch: Ministry of Education. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "New Zealand Equity Index". New Zealand Ministry of Education.
  6. ↑ "School Equity Index Bands and Groups". www.educationcounts.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Paul (29 December 2013). "All Blacks: Gone too soon". The New Zealand Herald.