# Aranga School

Full Primary · State · Aranga, Dargaville

https://www.chch.live/school/1001-aranga-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 4 · Current Equity Index: 534

*Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.*

## The record
- State Highway 12, Aranga, Dargaville, 376
- Roll: 18 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1905
- Isolation index 2.32, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 4 · Asian 1 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-4390634
- Email: admin@aranga.school.nz
- Contact: Megan Knott
- Website: http://www.aranga.school.nz/

## Other schools near here
- [Kaihu Valley School](https://www.chch.live/school/1020-kaihu-valley-school), decile 2 · EQI 563
- [Pakotai School](https://www.chch.live/school/1075-pakotai-school), decile 2 · EQI 562
- [Waima School](https://www.chch.live/school/1122-waima-school), decile 1 · EQI 552
- [Opononi Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/11-opononi-area-school), decile 1 · EQI 537
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Dargaville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1098-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-dargaville), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Dargaville Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/1008-dargaville-intermediate), decile 4 · EQI 514
- [Dargaville High School](https://www.chch.live/school/19-dargaville-high-school), decile 3 · EQI 515
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.738759&lon=173.613785

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Aranga School?**

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Aranga.

**How many students does Aranga School have?**

18 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.

**What is Aranga School's Equity Index?**

EQI 534, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 4.

**Where is Aranga School?**

State Highway 12, Aranga, Dargaville. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1001 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026