School Fees in New Zealand - Size of School Donation

Size of School Donation

On 14 February 2009, the NZ Herald ran an article entitled "Parents asked to dig even deeper" which was based on the results of a survey of Secondary schools in its distribution area. The results for a selection of Auckland secondary schools are as follows:

School Decile Donation in 2009 % of parents who pay
Auckland Grammar School, Mt Eden 10 $860 per student, $1720 max per family 80%
Westlake Boys High School, Takapuna 9 $475 per student, $650 per family 75%
Pakuranga College, Pakuranga 8 $300 one student, $575 two students, $700 three students 63%
Mt Albert Grammar School, Mt Albert 7 $230 per student, $80 for the second student 60%
Rutherford College, Te Atatu 6 $150 per student, $60 for the second student, $15 for the third 40%
Auckland Girls' Grammar School, Freemans Bay 5 $220 per student, $200 more than one 55%
Avondale College, Avondale 4 $175 per student, $240 per family 65%
Alfriston College, Manurewa 3 $100 per student 55%
Manurewa High School, Manurewa 2 $100 per student 45%
Mangere College, Mangere 1 $40 per student, $80 per family 25%

In addition to the above, the results of a 2012 web search for "school donation" shows that primary school donations are lower, and the link to the decile socio-economic rating means the donation requested is higher in high decile schools:

School Decile Donation in 2012
Fairfield Primary (Hamilton) 1 $20 per student, $50 per family
Kaeo Primary 2 $20 per student
Mt Albert Primary 4 $100 ($165 overall for more than 1 child)
Massey Primary 4 $90 ($200 for 3 or more children)
Mt Roskill Primary 5 $140 ($80–100 for additional child)
Reporoa Primary 6 $80
Orewa North Primary 7 $160
Upper Hutt Primary 7 $100
Orewa Primary 8 $120
Hauraki Primary 10 $250
Owairoa Primary 10 $240
KingsWay School (Year 1-13) 10 $552 per student, all ages
Taupo-nui-a-Tia College 4 $120
Timaru Girls High 6 $80–100 (2011)
Tauhara College 6 $100
Rangiora High 8 $95 (2011)
Geraldine High 8 $100 (2011)
St Hilda's Collegiate 10 $315
Wellington College 10 $720 (plus $250 for each sibling)
Epsom Girls Grammar 10 $595 ($1490 for 3 or more)
Rangitoto College 10 $250 ($200 per sibling)
Westlake Boys High 10 $500 (2013)
Westlake Girls High 10 $375 ($200 per sibling)

School deciles listed from www.tki.org.nz and www.parliament.govt.nz.

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