Carmel College
About this school · from Ministry of Education data
Carmel College in brief
Carmel College is a very large state integrated girls' secondary school (Year 7–13) in Milford, Auckland, with 1,066 students on the roll. Its Equity Index of 382 is among the lower values in New Zealand, meaning its students face fewer socio-economic barriers than most. EQI reflects funding need, not school quality. As a state-integrated school it enrols by preference for its special character rather than by home zone. It opened in 1957.
Location & enrolment zone
Where the school sits and who it accepts
Carmel College
108 Shakespeare Road, Milford, Auckland
This state-integrated school enrols by preference criteria, so zone rules don't apply in the same way. The map shows the school location — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
Carmel College is a state-integrated school. Places go first to applicants with a preference connection to the school's special character (for example, a faith connection), so the usual in-zone and ballot rules don't apply in the same way. Where a geographic priority exists, it works within those preference criteria. Check the school's own enrolment scheme before relying on a zone result.
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How enrolment at Carmel College works
- Carmel College is a state-integrated school with an enrolment scheme. Admission turns first on its special-character preference criteria — a religious or philosophical connection the school sets out in its own scheme — before where you live. Within those criteria, the scheme must give priority to applicants for whom the school is reasonably convenient. When a priority group has more applicants than places, the school's scheme sets how it chooses between them, for example by distance or ballot.
- Year levels: Year 7–13
- Roll size: Very large school
- School website: carmel.school.nz
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What families ask about Carmel College
- Does Carmel College have an enrolment zone?
- Carmel College is a state-integrated school, so places go first to applicants who meet its special-character preference criteria. Any geographic priority applies within those criteria, so an address alone doesn't decide it — check the school's own enrolment scheme.
- What year levels does Carmel College teach?
- Carmel College teaches Year 7–13.
- What is Carmel College's Equity Index?
- The listed EQI is 382. EQI reflects socioeconomic barriers used for funding; it is not a school-quality score.
- How large is the school?
- The latest listed roll is 1,066 students.
- When was the latest listed ERO review?
- The latest review date in the public data is April 2025.
The basics
Ministry of Education records
- Teaching language
- All students taught in English/other setting
- Opened
- 1957
- Principal
- Sarah Kemble
- Urban/rural setting
- Major urban area
- Donation requests
- May Be RequestedSchool may request voluntary donations
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