Hillcrest High School, Hamilton

Hillcrest High School
Te Kura Tuarua O Tihipuke
Address
Map
132 Masters Avenue
Silverdale
Hamilton 3216
New Zealand
Coordinates37°47′34″S 175°19′34″E / 37.79278°S 175.32611°E / -37.79278; 175.32611
Information
Funding typeState
MottoLatin: Circumspice
(Look Around You)
Established1972
Ministry of Education Institution no.138
ChairpersonAndrew Don
PrincipalChristine Williams[1]
Years offered9–13
GenderCoeducational
School roll1728[2]
Socio-economic decile7[3]
Websitehillcrest-high.school.nz

Hillcrest High School is a state coeducational secondary school located in south-eastern Hamilton, New Zealand. The school is named after the suburb of Hillcrest for which it serves, although the school itself is actually located in Silverdale. Opened in 1972,[4] the school has a roll of 1728 students as of August 2024. making it the second-largest school in Hamilton.[2]

  1. ^ Chairperson, Andrew Don BOT (4 March 2024). "New Principal Appointed". Hillcrest High School. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools". Ministry of Education. 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ^ Carson, Jonathan (9 March 2013). "Two new schools for Hamilton". Waikato Times (via Stuff.co.nz). Retrieved 23 June 2013.