Hamilton East School
Contributing · State
- Year levels
- 1–6
- Total roll
- 518
- Enrolment zone
- Yes
- Gender
- Co-Educational
Where is it, and how do I get in touch?
- Address
- Dawson Street, Hamilton East, Hamilton
- Territorial authority
- Hamilton City
- Phone
- 07-8393377
- office@hameast.school.nz
- Website
- http://www.hameast.school.nz
- Directions
- Get directions
Other schools nearby: schools in Hamilton · schools in Waikato
Can my child go here?
This school has an enrolment scheme, so a place is not open to every address. How enrolment zones work
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Zone boundaries shown here are approximate. Ministry of Education data warns these boundaries do not have high spatial precision and can place neighbouring addresses on different sides of a line. This is not a confirmation of enrolment eligibility — always confirm directly with the school. Zone geometry also does not reflect enrolment priority rules (siblings, special character categories, ballots) — it shows the mapped boundary only.
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Source: Ministry of Education, CC BY 3.0 NZ
What would the day look like?
The practical things this school states on its own website — the hours, the uniform, the term dates, and how children get there. These are the school’s own words, not the Ministry’s record and not ERO’s.
What does the school say about itself?
Quoted, not summarised. Every school describes itself well, so this is here to be read as the school’s own case rather than as a finding — and a school that states nothing simply has no row.
Quoted from this school’s own website, as we read it on 13 August 2026. A web page carries no date of its own, so that is the day we read it — not a statement that any of this is still the case. Each line quotes the words it came from.
- In their words
- Our Vision is ‘Stand tall, reach high’. It was inspired by our beautiful redwood tree that has graced the HES grounds since the early 1900s.
Who goes here?
Ethnicity breakdown of the total roll, shown as context. Not ranked, and not compared against any average.
- European
- 238
- Māori
- 163
- Pacific
- 41
- Asian
- 120
- MELAA
- 67
- Other
- 6
- International
- 0
Roll by year level and age
Shown as context, not ranked, not compared to any average. As at 30 June 2026, from the same annual return as the roll count above.
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year 01 | 29 | 7 | 22 | 11 | 2 | 55 | 0 | 99 |
| Year 02 | 29 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 82 |
| Year 03 | 30 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 87 |
| Year 04 | 24 | 7 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 86 |
| Year 05 | 25 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 74 |
| Year 06 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 100 |
| Year 07 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 163 | 50 | 123 | 66 | 5 | 253 | 0 | 535 |
| Māori | Pacific | Asian | MELAA | Other | European/ Pākehā | International students | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 05 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 83 |
| Age 06 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 80 |
| Age 07 | 31 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 96 |
| Age 08 | 26 | 6 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 89 |
| Age 09 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 72 |
| Age 10 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 107 |
| Age 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Total | 163 | 50 | 123 | 66 | 5 | 253 | 0 | 535 |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0
Student engagement
Age-standardised stand-down rate per 1,000 students — 2024
121.1%
| Hamilton East School | 121.1% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 53.9% |
| Contributing | 35.6% |
| State | 40.2% |
| New Zealand | 37.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 51.2% |
|---|---|
| Male | 183.8% |
| Māori | 296.7% |
| Pacific | 215.6% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 39.7% |
| European/Pākehā | 179.1% |
| Total | 121.1% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison stand-down rates data (2024)
Age-standardised suspension rate per 1,000 students — 2024
9.2%
| Hamilton East School | 9.2% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 6.6% |
| Contributing | 3.5% |
| State | 4.5% |
| New Zealand | 4.1% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 17.4% |
| Māori | 27.8% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 21.4% |
| Total | 9.2% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison suspension rates data (2024)
Age-standardised exclusion rate per 1,000 students — 2024
8.8%
| Hamilton East School | 8.8% |
|---|---|
| Waikato Region | 2.4% |
| Contributing | 1.5% |
| State | 1.9% |
| New Zealand | 1.8% |
Trend and demographic breakdown
| Female | 0% |
|---|---|
| Male | 16.7% |
| Māori | 26.9% |
| Pacific | 0% |
| Asian | 0% |
| Other | 0% |
| European/Pākehā | 20.6% |
| Total | 8.8% |
Source: Education Counts, Ministry of Education, CC BY 4.0 — Table 2: Comparison exclusion data (2024)
About the school
- Equity Index (EQI)
- 454
- Boarding
- No
- Language of instruction
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Urban / rural
- Major urban area
- Date opened
- 25 January 1872
The Equity Index is used by the Ministry to allocate equity funding. It describes the socio-economic barriers a school’s students face, not how good the school is. How the Equity Index works
What did ERO find?
The Education Review Office reviews every school and publishes what it finds in full. We quote ERO’s report here, section by section, in ERO’s own words and order, and link to it. We do not summarise a report, pick a line out of one, or turn one into a score. How ERO reviews schools
- Reports ERO holds
- 5
- Last reviewed
- 27 October 2023
- Latest report
- Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report
- Report type
- Profile report
- Board assurance
- The board attested to all areas (27 October 2023)
A board assurance statement is the board’s own account of whether it took all reasonable steps to meet its legal obligations, on the date shown. It is not ERO’s finding. ERO reports separately, in the same report, on any non-compliance it identified during that process.
The board assurance report of 27 October 2023 carries no actions-for-compliance section — the section ERO uses when it names non-compliance it identified. That is what this report contains; it is not ERO saying it found none. Other reports ERO holds for this school may say something different.
The roll ERO recorded, and when
ERO writes a roll into each report it publishes: a count taken for that report, on the day shown, by the review team that was there. The Ministry of Education’s current roll for this school is 518 — the figure at the top of this page, and the one to use for how big the school is now. These are a different measurement by a different body, so they will rarely agree, and a difference between them is not a change in the school.
November 2016
431
Counted while ERO’s review team was at the school. Education Review Office, report of 24 January 2017
This is one count taken for one report. It says what the roll was on that day, and nothing about how the roll has moved.
What ERO wrote in its latest report
This is ERO’s report of 27 October 2023 — “Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report” — section by section, under ERO’s own headings, in ERO’s own order. Nothing is summarised, shortened or reordered.
Background
This Profile Report was written within three months of the Education Review Office and Hamilton East School working in Te Ara Huarau , an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz
Context
Hamilton East School is located in the east side of the central city of Hamilton and provides education for students in Years 1 to 6. A new associate principal was appointed for 2023 to join the experienced senior leadership team. The school celebrated its 150 th anniversary in 2022 and is proud of its history and connection to Māori and the diverse multicultural community.
Hamilton East School’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are to:
reduce disparity of outcomes for learners
target programmes for boys, Māori and Pasifika students
increase engagement with whānau to further support learning and growth of children.
You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Hamilton East School’s website.
ERO and the school are working together to evaluate how effectively school programmes and practices are improving equitable outcomes for all learners and raising achievement. Increasing rates of attendance is an ongoing priority for the school.
The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:
the opportunity it provides to respond increasingly effectively to trends and patterns in school data to enable equity in the achievement of identified groups of students
to support the school’s commitment to working with whānau and support agencies to minimise barriers to learning and improve attendance.
The school expects to see increased attendance, improved equitable outcomes and success for all learners.
Strengths
The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to improve equitable outcomes for all learners:
leadership that promotes an inclusive school, celebrates cultural diversity, and prioritises the holistic needs of ākonga and their whānau
teaching and learning programmes that identify and support the individual needs of learners and contribute to a positive learning culture
school-wide data analysis that informs decision making and targeted actions to raise achievement.
Where to next?
Moving forward, the school will prioritise:
continuing to grow and strengthen collective capability to meet the needs of all learners and support accelerated outcomes, particularly in writing
continuing to engage with whānau to further strengthen responsive strategies that increase rates of attendance
continuing to strengthen the use of evaluation and inquiry to sustain improvement in outcomes for all learners, with a specific focus on the achievement of boys, Māori and Pasifika ākonga .
ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.
Shelley Booysen Director of Schools
27 October 2023
About the School
The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement. educationcounts.govt.nz/home
Read the full report on ero.govt.nz →
All 5 reports ERO holds for this school
ERO reviews a school every few years — around four years between reviews is the usual cycle — so an older date here reflects where a school sits in that cycle, not how it is doing.
Source: Education Review Office, CC BY 4.0.
Roll date: 30 June 2026 (2026).