Parua Bay School
Full Primary · State · Parua Bay, Whangarei
295 students on the roll in Parua Bay · EQI 432 · an enrolment scheme in place.
Its rating
Final decile (2022): 9. Current Equity Index: 432. Decile and EQI describe the community a school draws its students from, they say nothing about how well it teaches.
The record
- 1396 Whangarei Heads Road, Parua Bay, Whangarei, 174
- Roll: 295 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1872
- An enrolment scheme is in place.
- Isolation index 1.02, the Ministry’s remoteness measure; higher is more remote
- Cohort entry: Yes
- Setting: Rural settlement
- Phone: 09-4365814
- Email: [email protected]
- Contact: Mark Ashcroft
- Website: paruabay.school.nz
Who the roll is
Students may identify with more than one group, the counts are the Ministry’s own and need not sum to the roll.
Enrolment zone
- Parua Bay School, in force from 2018-01-01 · 115 km²
Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary. Confirm with the school before relying on it.
Other schools near here
- Whangarei Heads School, decile 8 · EQI 408 · 6.7 km
- One Tree Point School, decile 4 · EQI 441 · 7.0 km
- Onerahi School, decile 4 · EQI 489 · 10.2 km
- Raurimu Avenue School, decile 3 · EQI 569 · 10.6 km
- Bream Bay College, decile 5 · EQI 482 · 12.0 km
- Portland School Te Kura o Tikorangi, decile 1 · EQI 515 · 14.2 km
- Te Kāpehu Whetū, EQI 529 · 14.3 km
- Ruakākā School, decile 4 · EQI 485 · 14.7 km
Ministry of Education school directory via data.govt.nz · zones via the Ministry’s enrolment-zone map · refreshed 3 November 2026.
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Questions, answered briefly
Full Primary · State · Co-Educational, in Parua Bay.
295 on the roll at October 2026, the Ministry of Education’s count.
EQI 432, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 9.
1 zone polygon on record. The boundary drawn here is indicative; the Ministry’s written scheme is the legal answer.