Kāpiti College
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Kāpiti College is situated at Raumati Beach on the Kāpiti Coast in New Zealand, 45 minutes drive from Wellington City. It was called Raumati District High School when built in 1954, then renamed Kapiti College in 1957. The Kapiti College motto is "Semper Fidelis" which translates to "Always Faithful".[citation needed]
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Kāpiti College Māori: Te Kāreti o Kāpiti | |
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Address | |
Margaret Road, Raumati Beach, New Zealand | |
Coordinates | 40°55′19″S 174°58′59″E |
Information | |
Type | Coeducational State Secondary (Year 9–13) |
Motto | Semper Fidelis |
Established | 1954 |
Ministry of Education Institution no. | 247 |
Principal | Tony Kane |
School roll | 1,511[1] (February 2024) |
Socio-economic decile | 8P[2] |
Website | www.kc.school.nz |
The roll is 1,511[1] in February 2024, including international students from as far afield as Germany, Brazil, China, Japan and Thailand. Numbers of students at the college increased by 400 in the 2003–2012 period.
Kāpiti College is a Decile 8 school, meaning the majority of its students are from above average socio-economic status. Its students come from a wide range of backgrounds and includes a Māori proportion of 19 percent.[3]