{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox school | name = Papatoetoe High School | seal_image = Papatoetoe High School Logo 2018.png | motto = ''Digne Lampada Tradas'' <br/> ("worthy to hand on the torch") | type = State co-ed secondary (Year 9–13) | established = 1956 | address = 19 Nicholson Avenue<br />Papatoetoe<br />Auckland 2025<br />New Zealand | coordinates = {{coord|36|58|30|S|174|52|21|E |type:edu_scale:1000_region:NZ |display=inline,title}} | principal = Vaughan Couillault | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|95|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small> | staff = 120 | decile = 3 | website = [http://www.papatoetoehigh.school.nz papatoetoehigh.school.nz] | MOE = 95 }}

'''Papatoetoe High School''' (PHS) is a secondary school (years 9–13) in [[Papatoetoe]] suburb of [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]].

==History== Papatoetoe High School was established in 1956.

In February 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand]], cases of COVID-19 associated with a family whose daughter attended Papatoetoe High School led to increased lockdowns in the Auckland Region for several weeks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Walls |first1=Jason |title=Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland to level 3 tonight; rest of country at level 2 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-auckland-to-level-3-tonight-rest-of-country-at-level-2/XIHDKTK57ZKASTIEZNOLQZUUGY/ |access-date=14 February 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214085659/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-auckland-to-level-3-tonight-rest-of-country-at-level-2/XIHDKTK57ZKASTIEZNOLQZUUGY/ |archive-date=14 February 2021|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="March 2021 Auckland">{{cite news|date=2021-03-05 |title=Covid 19 coronavirus: Auckland to move to level 2, rest of NZ to level 1 |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-auckland-to-move-to-level-2-rest-of-nz-to-level-1/ZVBQ7KKL56JWZVHW5BZM3UB5AQ/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210305034033/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-auckland-to-move-to-level-2-rest-of-nz-to-level-1/ZVBQ7KKL56JWZVHW5BZM3UB5AQ/ |archive-date=2021-03-05 |access-date=2021-03-05 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]}}</ref>

== Enrolment == At the September 2018 [[Education Review Office (New Zealand)|Education Review Office]] (ERO) review of the school, Papatoetoe High School had 1396 students enrolled. 52% of students were male and 48% were female. The prioritised ethnic composition was 37% Indian, 16% [[Māori people|Māori]], 13% Samoan, 7% Tongan, 9% South East Asian, 5% Chinese, 4% Cook Islands Maori, 3% other Pacific peoples, 3% New Zealand European, and 3% other ethnic groups.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Papatoetoe High School – 27/09/2018|url=https://www.ero.govt.nz/review-reports/papatoetoe-high-school-27-09-2018/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Education Review Office|language=en-NZ}}</ref>

As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Papatoetoe High School has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|95|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|95m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|95m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|95|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}

As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an [[Equity Index (New Zealand)|Equity Index]] of {{NZ school equity index data|95|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|95b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 4 and 5 under the former [[Socioeconomic decile|socio-economic decile]] system).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

==Principals== * Colin McGill 1956–1966 * Bruce Hunter 1966–1978 * Hugh Richards 1978–1996 * Peter Gall 1996–2016 * Vaughan Couillault 2016–present

==Notable alumni== {{main category|People educated at Papatoetoe High School}} * [[Margie Apa|Fepulea'i Margie Apa]], healthcare chief executive{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} * [[Georgina Beyer]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgina Beyer Member of Parliament for Wairarapa New Zealand |url=http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/GeorginaBeyer.html |publisher=[[University of Michigan]] |access-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208051800/http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/TSsuccesses/GeorginaBeyer.html |archive-date=8 December 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> former [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] [[Member of Parliament]] * [[Dillon Boucher]], New Zealand's most decorated basketballer and former assistant coach of the [[Tall Blacks]] and former small forward for the [[New Zealand Breakers]]{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} * [[Charlie Faumuina]], [[Auckland rugby union team|Auckland]] and [[All Blacks]] player{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} * [[Phil Goff]], former [[Mayor of Auckland]], former MP for [[Mount Roskill (New Zealand electorate)|Mount Roskill]], former [[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]] (2008–11)<ref name="David Shearer" /> * [[Mark Gosche]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.minpac.govt.nz/ppc_conferencereports_pacificpeopleseconomicsuccessesncommunityprofiles.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-01-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011114327/http://www.minpac.govt.nz/ppc_conferencereports_pacificpeopleseconomicsuccessesncommunityprofiles.pdf |archivedate=11 October 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> former Labour Member of Parliament * [[Ricki Herbert]], former [[All Whites|All White]] and former manager of All Whites and [[Wellington Phoenix]] * [[Emma Hunter (swimmer)|Emma Hunter]], [[Samoan New Zealander]] [[Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic swimmer]]<ref>[http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/OlympicsYoungswimmerhopestobefirstwomantoswimforSamoa/tabid/209/articleID/56144/cat/41/Default.aspx "Olympics: Young swimmer hopes to be first woman to swim for Samoa"], TV3, May&nbsp;17, 2008</ref> * [[David Shearer]] (1971–75), MP for [[Mount Albert (New Zealand electorate)|Mount Albert]], humanitarian worker, [[Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand)|Leader of the Opposition]] (2011–2013)<ref name="David Shearer">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=10568104 |title=UN 'special guy' eyes Mt Albert seat |author=Gower, Patrick |date=23 April 2009 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |accessdate=27 September 2011}}</ref> * [[Ish Sodhi]], [[Northern Districts men's cricket team|Northern Districts]] player and member of the [[New Zealand national cricket team]] * [[Young Sid]], real name Sidney Diamond, rapper

==Notes== {{reflist}}

{{Schools in Auckland}} {{COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand}}

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