Whangaparāoa College
Whangaparāoa College is a co-educational state secondary school on the Hibiscus Coast of New Zealand.[4] Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School operated on the site now occupied by Whangaparāoa College.[5] Announced in 2003,[4] and initially named Stanmore Bay Secondary School,[6] Whangaparāoa College opened on 28 January 2005[5] absorbing Hibiscus Coast Intermediate School.[7] As one of serveral modern high schools to open in the early 2000s alongside Botany Downs Secondary College and Alfriston College,[8] the school's facilities and technology used are leaders in the New Zealand education system,[8] being only the third new high school to open since 1981.[13] Whangaparāoa College has an equity index rating of 446[14], and a socioeconomic decile 9[15] (step Q), meaning it draws its school community from areas of high socioeconomic status when compared to other New Zealand schools.