 At the September 2012 Education Review Office (ERO) review, Tawa College had 1417 students enrolled, including nine international students.Forty-six percent of students were male and 54 percent were female.Fifty-seven percent of students identified as New Zealand European (Pākehā), 16 percent identified as Māori, 14 percent as Asian, 12 percent as Pacific Islanders, and one percent as another ethnicity.