{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox school | name = Piopio College | motto = | seal_image = [[File:LogoPiopioCollege.png|frameless|upright=0.25]] | type = Co-Ed. Year 7–13. | established = 1975 | coordinates = {{coord|38|28|22.84|S|175|0|49.51|E|type:edu_region:NZ-WKO|display=inline,title}} | address = 18 Aria Road, Piopio | principal = Ben Draper | enrollment = {{NZ school roll data|162|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small> | decile = 5M<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |title= Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools |publisher= Ministry of Education |accessdate= 12 February 2015 |archive-date= 24 January 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150124000031/http://www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/SchoolOpsResourcing/OperationalFundingDeciles/DecileChanges_20142015.xls |url-status= dead }}</ref> | MOE = 162 | website = [http://piopio.school.nz piopio.school.nz] }}
'''Piopio College''' is a coeducational secondary school in [[Piopio, New Zealand|Piopio]], a town in the [[Waitomo District]] of [[New Zealand]].
==History== The College opened in 1975 when Piopio District High School was separated into Piopio Primary School and Piopio College.{{citation needed|date=May 2025|reason=The only source I can see for this is https://madonnewzealand.com/collectables/new-zealand-by-region/waikato/school-photos-waikato/1509366-piopio-college-piopio, which may be copied from this article (or vice versa). The separation of the secondary buildings from the District High occurred in 1960 per [[Piopio#Education]]}} It won the Goodman Fielder Best School of the Year Award in 1999 jointly with [[Patearoa School]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Down to earth focus|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|date=24 July 2000|volume=79|issue=13}}</ref>
Piopio District High School was formed in 1924. It was the first school in New Zealand to have a [[Student transport#New Zealand|school bus]] service.
A combined schools centenary was held in March 2009.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Piopio College and Piopio Primary (ex Piopio District High School)|date=22 October 2007|journal=Education Gazette New Zealand|url=http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=62745|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019124927/http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/notices.php/notices.php?action=view&id=62745|archive-date=19 October 2007}}</ref>
== Enrolment == As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Piopio College has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|162|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|162m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|162m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|162|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|162|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|162b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 2 and 3 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>
==Notable alumni== *[[David Fagan]] – world class shearer *[[Jenny-May Coffin]] – former [[Silver Ferns]] netball player, for which she was the vice-captain in 2001; TVNZ presenter *[[Hannah Osborne]] – Olympic rower *[[Farah Palmer]] – former captain of the [[Black Ferns]] *[[Rob Waddell]] – world and Olympic champion rower; grinder for Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup
==Principals==
*Bob Ford (1975–1979) *Brian Tegg (1980–2001) *Tim Davies-Colley (2002–2007) *David Day (2008–2012) *Julie Radice (2013–2015) *Johan van Deventer (2017–2021) *Rakesh Govind (2022–2024) *Ben Draper (2024–present)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Schools in Waikato}} {{Waitomo District}}
[[Category:Secondary schools in Waikato]] [[Category:Waitomo District]] [[Category:1975 establishments in New Zealand]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1975]]