# Totara Grove School

Contributing · State · Kamo, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1028-totara-grove-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 2 · Current Equity Index: 530

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

## The record
- 38 Corks Road, Kamo, Whangarei, 112
- Roll: 283 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1966
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 0.73, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Large urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 125 · Pacific 37 · Asian 18 · MELAA 8
- Phone: 09-4350019
- Email: office@totaragrove.school.nz
- Contact: Sharon Kaire-Gataulu
- Website: http://www.totaragrove.school.nz

## Enrolment zone
- Totara Grove School · 4 km²

*Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary.*

## Other schools near here
- [TKKM o Te Rawhiti Roa](https://www.chch.live/school/1154-tkkm-o-te-rawhiti-roa), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [Tikipunga Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1113-tikipunga-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 548
- [Te Kamo High School](https://www.chch.live/school/13-te-kamo-high-school), decile 4 · EQI 508
- [Tikipunga High School](https://www.chch.live/school/14-tikipunga-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 560
- [Te Kamo Intermediate School](https://www.chch.live/school/1029-te-kamo-intermediate-school), decile 5 · EQI 482
- [Te Kamo School](https://www.chch.live/school/1030-te-kamo-school), decile 5 · EQI 467
- [Te Kura O Otangarei](https://www.chch.live/school/1069-te-kura-o-otangarei), decile 1 · EQI 569
- [Excellere College](https://www.chch.live/school/429-excellere-college), decile 5 · EQI 452

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.679487&lon=174.315335

## Questions, answered briefly

**What kind of school is Totara Grove School?**

Contributing · State · Co-Educational, in Kamo.

**How many students does Totara Grove School have?**

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

**What is Totara Grove School's Equity Index?**

EQI 530, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 2.

**Does Totara Grove School have an enrolment zone?**

1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1028 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026