| Darfield High School Te Kura Tuarua o Tawera | |
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| Location | |
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7 McLaughlins Road , 7510 New Zealand | |
| Coordinates | 43°29′24″S172°06′11″E / 43.49°S 172.103°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State secondary |
| Established | 1951 |
| Ministry of Education Institution no. | 346 |
| Principal | Andy England |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| School roll | 806 [1] (July 2025) |
| Website | darfield |
Darfield High School is a secondary school in Darfield, New Zealand. As of July 2025, it had 806 students. [1]
Darfield High School was established in 1951. [2] The 2010 Darfield earthquake caused some damage to the school. [3] In 2018 it was reported that Darfield High School was the "most crowded school in the South Island" due to a lack of building new classrooms. [4] In 2022 the school had a "drive your tractor to school" day as an extension to mufti day. [5]
As of July 2025, Darfield High School has roll of 806 students, of which 110 (13.6%) identify as Māori. [1]
As of 2025, the school has an Equity Index of 445, [6] placing it amongst schools whose students have below average socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to decile 7 under the former socio-economic decile system). [7]
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