Howick College


Howick College is a state co-educational secondary school located in the eastern Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Cockle Bay. Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has a roll of students as of

History

Howick College was established in 1974 to serve the Howick area of eastern Auckland. The school was built to the "S68" design, characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with reinforced masonry walls, low-pitched roofs, internal open courtyards and protruding clerestory windows.
The school abolished corporal punishment of students before it even opened, becoming one of the first schools in New Zealand to do so. Corporal punishment was abolished nationwide sixteen years later, in July 1990.

Enrolment

At the August 2012 Education Review Office review of the school, Howick College had 1806 students enrolled, including 48 international students. The school roll's gender composition was 52% male and 48% female; and its ethnic composition was 47% European New Zealanders, 14% Other European, 13% Māori, 8% Asian, 5% Pasifika, 6% Indian, and 6% Other.
As of, Howick College has a roll of students, of which identify as Māori.
As of, the school has an Equity Index of, placing it amongst schools whose students have socioeconomic barriers to achievement.
The school zone encompasses the Somerville, Cockle Bay, Shelly Park, and Pōhutukawa Coast area. It also has a steady out of zone population, with dedicated bus services extending to parts of East and South Auckland.

House system

Howick College has six school houses:

Principals

In the bro'Town première episode "The Weakest Link", one of the schools competing in the high school quiz challenge is named "Howick Beijing College", a reference to the Howick area's large Chinese migrant population.