# Poroti School

Full Primary · State · Poroti, Whangarei

https://www.chch.live/school/1083-poroti-school

## Its rating
Final decile (2022): 3 · Current Equity Index: 501

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

## The record
- 673 Mangakahia Road, Poroti, Whangarei, 179
- Roll: 40 (October 2026)
- Co-Educational
- Donations should not be requested, unless for a school camp
- Opened 1879
- Isolation index 0.91, the Ministry’s remoteness measure
- Setting: Rural other
- Roll by ethnicity: European 15 · Asian 1 · MELAA 3 · Other 1
- Phone: 09-4346867
- Email: office@poroti.school.nz
- Contact: Pauline Johnson
- Website: http://www.poroti.school.nz

## Other schools near here
- [Kokopu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1036-kokopu-school), decile 8 · EQI 461
- [Maungatapere School](https://www.chch.live/school/1048-maungatapere-school), decile 9 · EQI 430
- [Mangakahia Area School](https://www.chch.live/school/18-mangakahia-area-school), decile 3 · EQI 560
- [Matarau School](https://www.chch.live/school/1043-matarau-school), decile 8 · EQI 440
- [Maunu School](https://www.chch.live/school/1050-maunu-school), decile 8 · EQI 409
- [Purua School](https://www.chch.live/school/1089-purua-school), decile 7 · EQI 513
- [Tangiteroria School](https://www.chch.live/school/1104-tangiteroria-school), decile 7 · EQI 485
- [Pompallier Catholic College](https://www.chch.live/school/17-pompallier-catholic-college), decile 7 · EQI 424

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-35.739143&lon=174.139016

## Questions, answered briefly

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

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

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

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

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

EQI 501, its final decile (2022, before the EQI replaced it) was 3.

**Where is Poroti School?**

673 Mangakahia Road, Poroti, Whangarei. The school’s page here links its street, its suburb and the Ministry’s own entry.


Data: https://api.chch.live/school?id=1083 · directory refreshed 3 November 2026