# Ngunguru School

Full Primary · State · Ngunguru

https://www.chch.live/school/1056-ngunguru-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 7 · Current Equity Index: 427

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

## The record
- Te Maika Road, Ngunguru, 173
- Roll: 238 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1870
- Isolation index 1.15, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Small urban area
- Roll by ethnicity: European 189 · Pacific 8 · Asian 18 · MELAA 3 · Other 12
- Phone: 09-4343805
- Email: office@ngunguru.school.nz
- Contact: Rosemary Murphy
- Website: http://www.ngunguru.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Whananaki School](https://www.chch.live/school/1127-whananaki-school), decile 4 · EQI 523
- [Huanui College](https://www.chch.live/school/620-huanui-college), private, not rated
- [Glenbervie School](https://www.chch.live/school/1011-glenbervie-school), decile 8 · EQI 437
- [Parua Bay School](https://www.chch.live/school/1080-parua-bay-school), decile 9 · EQI 432
- [TKKM o Te Rawhiti Roa](https://www.chch.live/school/1154-tkkm-o-te-rawhiti-roa), decile 1 · EQI 535
- [Tikipunga High School](https://www.chch.live/school/14-tikipunga-high-school), decile 2 · EQI 560
- [Tikipunga Primary School](https://www.chch.live/school/1113-tikipunga-primary-school), decile 1 · EQI 548
- [Totara Grove School](https://www.chch.live/school/1028-totara-grove-school), decile 2 · EQI 530

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.62659&lon=174.512273

## Questions, answered briefly

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

Full Primary · State · Co-Educational.

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

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

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

EQI 427, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 7.

**Where is Ngunguru School?**

Te Maika Road, , Ngunguru. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1056 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026