# Arapohue School

Full Primary · State · Arapohue, Dargaville

https://www.chch.live/school/1002-arapohue-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 502

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

## The record
- 3248 Mititai Road, Arapohue, Dargaville, 370
- Roll: 38 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1858
- Isolation index 1.69, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 30 · MELAA 1
- Phone: 09-4397513
- Email: admin@arapohue.school.nz
- Contact: Sara McKinley (Acting)

## Other schools near here
- [Te Kopuru School](https://www.chch.live/school/1111-te-kopuru-school), decile 2 · EQI 519
- [Dargaville Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1009-dargaville-primary-school), decile 4 · EQI 492
- [Selwyn Park School](https://www.chch.live/school/1097-selwyn-park-school), decile 1 · EQI 542
- [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
- [St Joseph's Catholic School (Dargaville)](https://www.chch.live/school/1098-st-joseph-s-catholic-school-dargaville), decile 4 · EQI 484
- [Ruawai Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1095-ruawai-primary-school), decile 3 · EQI 501
- [Ruawai College](https://www.chch.live/school/22-ruawai-college), decile 4 · EQI 526

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-36.007772&lon=173.94475

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 502, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Where is Arapohue School?**

3248 Mititai Road, Arapohue, Dargaville. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1002 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026